(1390,1,'2014-01-28 15:50:49','2014-01-28 15:50:49','<h2>January 31st, 2016 - Manchester Center, VT<br /> Doors at 7:00 PM - Show at 7:30 PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19648878324&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\nSongwriter Rayland Baxter is a dreamer, a very fine one, as a matter of fact. He is one of a misty-eyed gentlefolk seeking prosperity in a soul, in the soul. He’s a wanderer of the highest regard, with hazy matter, loosely based on his waking hours, conditions, remarks and interactions, all that he finds suitable to chronicle in his ledger and diary. He made a record entitled Feathers & Fishhooks, three years ago and the men, or man, that he introduced us to were of the fluttery variety. They found that they were utterly consumed by their wanderings, by the ifs, the white noise and the unseen phantoms whispering it all breathy and hot into their ears.\r\n\r\nBaxter, who calls Nashville home, is a keen observer not just of a non-thing thing like the human condition, but more so an observer of how he reacts to that non-thing thing called the human condition and just how people relate to one another. He appreciates the nuances of those who fail one another, or those who mean to let each other down. He appreciates even more those who intend to be sweet, those who will remain, holding a hand warm or cold and falling into surreal rhythm together. Imaginary Man, his second long-player, is an exquisite new exploration of the disorienting qualities of real life and what they drive us to conjure in our sleep, when we’re lucky enough to get it, when we allow our days to be through. It’s a mellow current of open water, touching muddy banks, carving out a sensation of desire and great hunger. People must be more. He must be more, better and kinder. Love must touch more and be more visible. People need people and they need beauty and mercy in abundance. It all needs to be there and Baxter finds this tumbling course a fascinating one.\r\n\r\n“I see people abuse the world. There’s lots of evil out there, but we’re given the gift of life to live on this beautiful world. We’re all fucked, but we’re all winning in the end,” he says.\r\n\r\nImaginary Man gives us a portrait of a man, via characters, whose hallucinations are wishful and nearly productive, almost productive. They hope for guidance. They might even pray. They are looking for shared breaths, for a togetherness that they’re missing, or that they once had and lost. They fear that they’ve been better people in the past, but that they can redeem themselves. Baxter places common uncertainties into bodies who itch with them. They levitate with them and turn them over in their hands, working them out with a radiant warmth, tripping happily into new wrinkles of life and into other lives not their own, all the while still recognizing that they’ve been taking advice and medicine from roosters, poets and the nighttime spirit of Rodriguez, the tour guide of a dilapidated Detroit. These are love songs to the foggy myths and the open ends of every one of us. They’re meant to speak to us like the sirens do and they’re bound to light us on fire, or break our damned hearts.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/jv3cMveVgYo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUw4XIBP4Sc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/jwAvzXQ_CCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5qVmGMrHQu8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>','Rayland Baxter','','publish','open','open','','rayland-baxter','','','2016-03-17 13:48:16','2016-03-17 13:48:16','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1390',12,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1391,1,'2014-01-28 15:50:43','2014-01-28 15:50:43','','img-rayland-baxter_155131592935','','inherit','open','open','','img-rayland-baxter_155131592935','','','2014-01-28 15:50:43','2014-01-28 15:50:43','',1390,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img-rayland-baxter_155131592935.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1393,1,'2014-01-28 20:21:28','2014-01-28 20:21:28','','caroline_rose_cover','Caroline Rose','inherit','open','open','','caroline_rose_cover','','','2014-01-28 20:21:28','2014-01-28 20:21:28','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caroline_rose_cover.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1433,1,'2014-05-15 17:35:03','2014-05-15 17:35:03','','transparent_logo_white','','inherit','open','open','','transparent_logo_white','','','2014-05-15 17:35:03','2014-05-15 17:35:03','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/transparent_logo_white.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1397,1,'2014-01-29 13:33:21','2014-01-29 13:33:21','','honey+caroline','honeyhoney + Caroline','inherit','open','open','','honeycaroline','','','2014-01-29 13:33:21','2014-01-29 13:33:21','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/honey+caroline.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1399,1,'2014-02-05 19:21:32','2014-02-05 19:21:32','<strong>Rayland Baxter - March 15th<br />Manchester, VT</strong>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; 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Moonshine and macrobiotics. Shaken and soothed. How Suzanne Santo (vocals/banjo/violin) and Ben Jaffe (vocals/guitar) managed to reconcile not just polemics, but seemingly opposed realities for their sexually tinged, bruised knee honeysuckle take on roots music has to be heard to be understood.\n\nYet somehow the young 20-somethings figured out that it’s the extremes that define the middle, whether embracing the big mistakes in the bluesy smoulder “Glad I Done What I Did,” embracing the romantic doubt that is the low slung gospel of “Don’t Know How,” or the euphoric romp-age of “Let’s Get Wrecked” that embraces the arc debauchery completely. This is the sound of coming not of age, but awareness; and digging into what it means to be alive permeates throughout honeyhoney’s October 24th release of Billy Jack on Lost Highway Records.\n\nWith fiddles threading the melodies, big acoustic guitar sounds and banjos plinking as percussively as melodically, there is an old world feel to honeyhoney that is as fresh and right now as it is tube radios and old lace.\n\nAnd it is the disparity of how the two came up and came together that informs honeyhoney with their singularity of sound. Meandering through unique paths, converging in Los Angeles where everyone is chasing something, and finally recognizing the chemistry they shared is no mean feat.\n\nEvoking California’s hippie Dust Bowl fringe, equal parts Okie squalor and Pacific shimmer, there is a strong pull of Woody Guthrie-esque folk, vintage Buffalo Springfield, glints of Gram Parsons and bits of Bonnie Raitt’s early blues, Rickie Lee Jones reality and Bakerfsfield Saturday nights. Not country, not folk, not rock, it is a hybrid that defies exact definition.\n\nStill \"Billy Jack\" pumps with the thump of hearts on fire, levels with the pang of real instruments played like someone means it.\n\n\"Thin Line\"\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/ITwD2bCdDhw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n\"Angel of Death\"\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/UcaKzBC5RJM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n<p class=\"alert\"><h2><span class=\"drop_cap\">C</span>aroline Rose</strong></h2></p>\n\n  \"…Each track seems to tackle a new topic and make even the most familiar themes feel fresh.\"  –Paste Magazine\n\nAfter setting out on a drive that turned into a near-endless journey criss-crossing the back roads of Middle America, Caroline Rose returned back east with books full of stories and poems that would become the songs of America Religious, a record that delves neck-deep in topics most people wouldn’t dare to discuss at the dinner table. From politics to religion, heartbreaking sadness to seemingly endless joy, Caroline Rose traverses a path paved by the likes of Townes Van Zandt, John Lee Hooker, and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.\n\n    \"Caroline Rose\'s lyrical honesty, vivid imagery and songwriting prowess are obvious to the ears upon first listen of her debut album \"America Religious\".  Her new single puts you in the front seat riding shotgun on a very real adventure that can\'t be explained quite yet.\"  –Ari Fink, Program Director, SiriusXM\n\n<iframe width=\"921\" height=\"518\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/VUD0mXUZeyA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n“I just want to write honest music,” says the songwriter, whose debut album is set for release June of this year.  “I don’t feel, nor have I ever felt, any desire to write something that I don’t need to say.  I started out writing just for myself, as some sort of outlet, and most of the things that would flow out of my mind were things that were much bigger than me, things that people might want to hear.”  From current political issues to vignettes of personal struggles, America Religious depicts stories of a contemporary American society that is far from perfect, yet full of life.  “If I can use music to bring to light real things, the hypocrisies and problems in society, as well as the beauty in things people take for granted, then I think that would make me feel pretty good.”  \n\n    \"AMAZING…Delivery is uncanny––It sounds like she\'s been smokin\' Camels and drinkin\' Jack for 40 years.\"   –David Dalton, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone and author of Who Is That Man? 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I felt that way about Vandaveer when I heard their album Dig Down Deep in the hot summer of 2011 (and it went on to be one of my favorite records of that year). With roots in both Kentucky & DC, Vandaveer is the project of Mark Charles Heidinger with Rose Guerin perfectly complementing his voice with hers. J. Tom Hnatow (of These United States) plays dobro/slide guitar.\"\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://f0.bcbits.com/img/0000023920_10.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\n\"Mark has the most unusual voice, in that it reminds me of a wonderful female blues/jazz singer — maybe the rueful and bittersweet beauty of Nina Simone. It nestles underneath your skin. As complement, and sometimes taking the lead, Rose Guerin’s deeply-saturated, strong alto is generous and powerful. Together they are really stunning. 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text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=13510140193&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Event management</a><span style=\"color:#ddd;\"> for </span><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://zammutonama.eventbrite.com/?ref=etckt\">Zammuto // North Adams Elks Club</a> <span style=\"color:#ddd;\">powered by</span> <a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt\">Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Caroline Rose - Saturday, Dec 6th - Manchester, VT</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=13497747125&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Online event registration</a><span style=\"color:#ddd;\"> for </span><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://carolinerosevermont.eventbrite.com/?ref=etckt\">Caroline Rose // House Show</a> <span style=\"color:#ddd;\">powered by</span> <a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt\">Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2014-11-08 01:43:16','2014-11-08 01:43:16','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1480,1,'2014-12-02 18:45:53','2014-12-02 18:45:53','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is \"what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue?\" Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nPromotion - $20/show? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows sell out and we don\'t spend much, other shows don\'t. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pomplamoose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we totally copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pomplamoose','','publish','open','open','','we-lost-more-money-than-pompmaloose','','','2014-12-03 01:19:10','2014-12-03 01:19:10','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?p=1480',0,'post','',1),(1481,1,'2014-12-02 18:34:10','2014-12-02 18:34:10','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. \r\nSponsorship from Grain Audio. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\nTotal losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. \r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:34:10','2014-12-02 18:34:10','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1482,1,'2014-12-02 18:36:46','2014-12-02 18:36:46','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from Grain Audio. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\nTotal losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. \r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:36:46','2014-12-02 18:36:46','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1483,1,'2014-12-02 18:37:31','2014-12-02 18:37:31','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from Grain Audio. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. \r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:37:31','2014-12-02 18:37:31','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1484,1,'2014-12-02 18:39:09','2014-12-02 18:39:09','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from Grain Audio. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. \r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:39:09','2014-12-02 18:39:09','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1485,1,'2014-12-02 18:41:32','2014-12-02 18:41:32','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. \r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:41:32','2014-12-02 18:41:32','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1486,1,'2014-12-02 18:45:53','2014-12-02 18:45:53','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 18:45:53','2014-12-02 18:45:53','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1487,1,'2014-12-02 19:12:42','2014-12-02 19:12:42','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \n\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \n\nSpirit Family Reunion\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\n\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\n\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \n\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\n\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\n\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\n\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\nDI’s - $200\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\n\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\n\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\n\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \n\nPromotion - ?? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows well \n\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\n\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\n\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\n\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \n\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\n\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\n\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\n\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \n\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \n\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\n\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\n\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-autosave-v1','','','2014-12-02 19:12:42','2014-12-02 19:12:42','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1488,1,'2014-12-02 19:13:04','2014-12-02 19:13:04','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nPromotion - $20/show? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows sell out and we don\'t spend much, other shows don\'t. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pompmaloose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pompmaloose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-02 19:13:04','2014-12-02 19:13:04','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1489,1,'2014-12-03 01:02:53','2014-12-03 01:02:53','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nPromotion - $20/show? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows sell out and we don\'t spend much, other shows don\'t. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pomplamoose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pomplamoose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-03 01:02:53','2014-12-03 01:02:53','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1490,1,'2014-12-03 01:06:13','2014-12-03 01:06:13','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is “what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue? “ Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nPromotion - $20/show? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows sell out and we don\'t spend much, other shows don\'t. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pomplamoose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we totally copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pomplamoose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-03 01:06:13','2014-12-03 01:06:13','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1491,1,'2014-12-03 01:19:10','2014-12-03 01:19:10','Billsville House Concerts just finished our 68th show. We’ve produced an average of one show every three weeks since April of 2011. It’s been awesome, we’ve hosted artists we love and shared music with our entire community while making lots of new friends. We’ve had so many nights that we’ll never forget that we’ve started to lose count. \r\n\r\nOne question we never get asked is \"what does it feel like to have ‘made it’ as a venue?\" Though it’s a fair question to ask a series that has hosted bands like Lake Street Dive, Lucius, PHOX, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Brown Bird the thought of Billsville House Concerts having “made it” is, to me, ridiculous. \r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"340496_277013295695742_159850040745402_817820_45175048_o\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I write another sentence, it’s important to note that our entire family feels fortunate to not be making a living on music – because that would be hard and we’ll leave that to the musicians. Having the opportunity to host these amazing bands is a dream come true but the idea of having “made it” doesn’t describe Billsville at all. We’re always “making it” and we occasionally bust our asses while still managing to lose an impressive amount of money. You’re welcome.\r\n\r\nBeing a house concert venue is a never-ending, rewarding, scary, high-loss small business. In order to get where we are today we had to make a multitude of investments. A sound system, lights, microphones, stands, white towels, lasagna recipes . . . the list goes on. \r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"298926_232595160137556_159850040745402_691463_985168178_n\" width=\"600\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll of this equipment required an upfront investment from our family. We don’t have a bar lending us “alcohol sales support”. We put those purchases right on our credit cards – sometimes debit cards but hey, cash flow! We planned to make that all back in, well, we have no plan. What we do need to say is that we like to host both full bands and solo performers so we have to be ready (gear wise) to support everyone.\r\n\r\nHere’s how our expenses broke down:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound and Production Gear (rough guesses) : </strong>\r\n2 JBL PRX715 powered mains and 1 JBL PRX718 powered sub - $3000\r\n7 Shure SM58 Vocal Mics - $700\r\n4 Shure SM57 Instrument Mics - $400\r\n2 Behringer some kind or other monitors that used to be mains - $300\r\n2 Kustom monitors - $300\r\nAllen & Heath 16 channel mixer - $600\r\n15 Microphone Stands - $150\r\n4 Instrument Mic Stands - $200\r\n25-30 XLR Cables - $500 (probably more)\r\n15-20 Instrument Cables - $200 (probably more)\r\nDI’s - $200\r\nDrive Rack EQ - $200\r\nChauvet Lights and Stands - $500\r\nA bunch of stuff I didn’t list like a stage snake, extension cords, other mics and stuff we broke and replaced.\r\n\r\n<strong>Total : $7250.00 – I’m sure I left some things out</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Day of show expenses:</strong>\r\nArrival food “I just rolled out of the van and I’m hungry” - $25\r\nDinner “Often Lasagna, always vegetarian” - $65 (with salad!)\r\n- we use good organic ingredients, don’t get all “Prince Pasta” on us.\r\nDrinks - $30 (average, sometimes more)\r\n<strong>Total : $120 / show</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Other expenses floating around:</strong>\r\nAudio Engineer - $75 this number comes out of the bands end. Sometimes we need help and bring in two others at the same price for a total of $225. \r\n\r\nPromotion - $20/show? We run Facebook ads to promote shows because we like it when they fill up. We print posters, we do the things promoters are supposed to do. Some shows sell out and we don\'t spend much, other shows don\'t. \r\n\r\nVenue rental - $150 - $200 when we need to rent a place, if the show is at our house this is $0.\r\n\r\nFire Marshall - $160 when we need to rent a venue. There are laws!\r\n\r\nTransportation - $50 you think hauling all that gear around to a non-permanent venue is free?\r\n\r\nBillsville Gear Fund – People do contribute some money here are there. Over the years I’d say we’ve been given about $1000 to offset expenses by friends who love music and love what we do. The truth of this statement is that most of that money came from two people. \r\n\r\nSponsorship from <a href=\"http://grainaudio.com/?utm_source=Billsville&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign= Billsville\">Grain Audio</a>. Thank goodness for Grain Audio! They gave us some great speakers to give away, one to keep for ourselves and an affiliate program that would pay us back 20% of all sales made through our marketing efforts. Our take to date? $0.00. Well, you could argue that we made the retail value of their excellent PWS system which would be $249.00.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bottom Line</strong>\r\nAdd it up and you get a $7,250 initial investment with a loss of ($120 x 68 shows) $8,160.00 so far. We’ve been given $1000 so . . .\r\n\r\n<strong>Total losses $14,410. We lost more money than Pompmaloose!</strong>\r\n\r\nBut this isn’t a sob story. We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment. We could have just driven to a local venue and passively watched shows like everyone else but we had a drive, a determination, to bring in the kind of music we wanted to see and above all SUPPORT artists who struggle enough on their own. \r\n\r\nWe have not “made it.” Nor do we ever see a future of having it made. Maybe it’s a foolish expensive hobby but those nights when we’re in our house, watching music played by incredibly talented, giving musicians . . . .  Well, I take it back. We’ve made it. \r\n\r\nNOTE 1 : What about ticket sales? We give 100% of our money back to the bands for a true house show. Full disclosure, the bands pay our genius sound engineer out of their end. He’s fifteen years old so we think he deserves it. If we have to rent a venue with expenses we take those off the top and try to give as much back to the bands as possible. We have never made a profit from ticket sales. Have the bands been happy? We’re pretty sure they have, they talk to each other and they keep coming back. In general our payouts are better than most equivalent small clubs and the atmosphere, merchandise sales and hospitality are at another level all together.\r\n\r\nNOTE 2 : This article is a well-disguised ad to help us fund our ultimate dream business, a permanent venue. That said we haven’t figured out how to monetize this thing yet. We’ll let you know when we do.\r\n\r\nNOTE 3 :We’re glad that <a href=\"https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37\">Pomplamoose wrote the original article.</a> While we’re not interested in critiquing expenses or choices – it’s their career after all – it’s nice to get broad exposure for the “creative class” that shows that even relatively successful bands aren’t on easy street out there. Also, we totally copied Jack\'s format when writing this #parody #fairuse #lazywriter.\r\n','We Lost More Money Than Pomplamoose','','inherit','open','open','','1480-revision-v1','','','2014-12-03 01:19:10','2014-12-03 01:19:10','',1480,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1492,1,'2017-02-26 01:08:12','2017-02-26 01:08:12','<h2>Sunday, April 2nd @ 7PM</h2>\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\"><iframe src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=32380955309&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"645\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:12px; padding:10px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #ADB0B6; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\n\n<iframe width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Shr47LVcA5I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nAnaïs Mitchell is a Vermont and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who comes from the world of narrative folksong, poetry and balladry. She recorded for Ani Difranco\'s Righteous Babe Records for several years before starting her own Wilderland label in 2012. Among her recorded works are six full-length albums, including 2010\'s sensationally-reviewed Hadestown, a folk opera based on the Orpheus myth; 2012\'s Young Man in America, which was described by the UK\'s Independent as \'an epic tale of American becoming’; and 2013’s Child Ballads, a collaboration with Jefferson Hamer, which won a BBC Radio Two Folk Award for Best Traditional Track.\n\nMitchell has headlined shows worldwide as well as supporting tours for Bon Iver, Ani Difranco, The Low Anthem (all of whom appear as guest singers on Hadestown) Josh Ritter and Punch Brothers. Her stage production of Hadestown, which was ten years in the making, opened Off-Broadway in May 2016 to rave reviews. The New York Times called it “inventive, beguiling and spellbinding” while Vogue announced that “Hadestown will be your new theater obsession.”  The show was extended twice as a result of critical success and sell-out performances. If there’s a common thread in Mitchell’s work – from her earliest acoustic records to the Hadestown show – it’s that she’s as interested in the world around her as the one inside her. She has a way of tackling big themes with the same emotional intimacy most artists use to describe their inner lives. That’s perhaps why the New York Times noted that her songs “address contemporary angst with uncanny vision…. a formidable songwriting talent.”\n\n\n<strong>What the Press Say</strong>\n\n“Ms. Mitchell\'s songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision... a formidable songwriting talent\" THE NEW YORK TIMES \n\n“The most engaging, and in some ways, most original artist currently working in the field of new American ‘folk ’music” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY\n\n“Terrific….Mitchell is a skilled storyteller..and her delivery gives an emotional complexity that welcomes and even demands repeated listens.” PITCHFORK\n\n\"Currently a well-kept secret, Mitchell is writing material that stands comparison with the great singer-songwriters of the past few decades\" DAILY TELEGRAPH\n\n“A perfect example of how art, and the power of song, can transform the merely anecdotal into something almost mythic” 4* THE FINANCIAL TIMES','Anais Mitchell','','inherit','open','open','','1297-autosave-v1','','','2017-02-26 01:08:12','2017-02-26 01:08:12','',1297,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1297-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1800,1,'2017-02-26 01:22:17','2017-02-26 01:22:17','','anaiswebhomw','','inherit','open','open','','anaiswebhomw','','','2017-02-26 01:22:17','2017-02-26 01:22:17','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/anaiswebhomw.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1802,1,'2017-02-28 01:49:10','2017-02-28 01:49:10','','BKBillsvilleWeb','','inherit','open','open','','bkbillsvilleweb','','','2017-02-28 01:49:10','2017-02-28 01:49:10','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BKBillsvilleWeb.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1804,1,'2017-02-28 01:51:55','2017-02-28 01:51:55','','AKBville','','inherit','open','open','','akbville','','','2017-02-28 01:51:55','2017-02-28 01:51:55','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AKBville.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1528,1,'2015-03-02 01:14:08','2015-03-02 01:14:08','','Small Houses','Small Houses','inherit','open','open','','maxresdefault','','','2015-03-02 01:14:08','2015-03-02 01:14:08','',1497,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/maxresdefault.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1495,1,'2014-12-10 14:15:53','2014-12-10 14:15:53','','Anais Mitchell','','inherit','open','open','','cover-copy','','','2014-12-10 14:15:53','2014-12-10 14:15:53','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cover-copy.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1536,1,'2015-03-18 00:36:02','2015-03-18 00:36:02','','1','','inherit','open','open','','1','','','2015-03-18 00:36:02','2015-03-18 00:36:02','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1499,1,'2014-12-28 11:47:04','2014-12-28 11:47:04','','websmallhouses','','inherit','open','open','','websmallhouses','','','2014-12-28 11:47:04','2014-12-28 11:47:04','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/websmallhouses.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1706,1,'2016-05-02 15:51:19','2016-05-02 15:51:19','<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ?rel=0&autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p172726615-3.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p172726615-3.jpg\" alt=\"p172726615-3\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1707\" /></a>\r\n\r\n','Upcoming Billsville Shows In North Adams','','publish','open','open','','upcoming-billsville-shows-in-north-adams','','','2016-05-02 15:54:28','2016-05-02 15:54:28','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?page_id=1706',0,'page','',0),(1500,1,'2015-02-09 19:48:37','2015-02-09 19:48:37','<h2>February 27th - Manchester Center, VT</h2>\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; 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Artfully crafted with finger-style guitar and softly sung melodies, the bars of his new album Still Talk; Second City describe the people, the love, and the homes of Quentin’s life.\n\nStill Talk; Second City is the result of a one yearlong effort, borne of the exhaustion from too much time spent moving. Prompted to flee to Atlanta with the intent of an indefinite stay, Quentin’s eight months of living and recording was funded by various odd jobs and sleeping in the car – anything to keep the project alive. All-night restaurants and friends’ homes were among the venues where he recalled the memories of the hometown suburbs that suffuse the album, while shades of influence from poets like James Wright, Jim Harrison, and Seamus Heaney hover like weighty ghosts in the background.\n\nFeaturing guest appearances by artists including Mike Brenner (Magnolia Electric Co., Songs:Ohia), Samantha Crain, Erin Rae (The Meanwhiles), and John Davey, Still Talk; Second City celebrates the survival of winning out of “the worst and the longest time” and the drive to create a home outside of the one we already had (“I want something better, mean weather, revelier” – “South, Southern”). Other songs struggle with the want and need to leave, but reveal the need missing, or withheld (“I hear you’re lucky on me, honest, and torn to beat up my 99′′ – “Staggers and Rise”). “Still Talk” eavesdrops on imagined conversations, wished for but never had: “I want to make my real life static, real life when it’s worth, braided veins and a headlight coming, and a real list of words saying, ‘your mom and I still talk’”.\n\nDamon Moon, the album’s producer and engineer, was inspired by the recording style of creators like Richard Swift (Foxygen, Tennis, Damien Jurado) and Roy Halee (Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds), and took a hand in helping to write and serve as a sounding board across one of his most involved efforts to date.\n \n\nReviews:\n\n“Quentin refuses to sleep sometimes, unable to rest on any complacency when it comes to what we find value in. he knows beauty and he knows sadness and it puts them into the same vase.” – Daytrotter\n\n“[Small Houses] resonates with an affinity for other songwriters including Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams, and Jeff Tweedy, but is not solely defined by them” – Brittany Joyce; PASTE Magazine\n\n“Small Houses’, “Revel” proves that Jeremy Quentin will be around for a long time. He’s matured as a songwriter and a musician beyond my wildest expectations” – Andrew Burri; Lucius\n\n“I am captivated by the sound he has harnessed, because there is a familiarity in it- perhaps he draws from all the influences that I have come to love; yet he adds his own flare and touch to the sound, which rings true with a genuine voice” – Carleigh Atkins; Bahamas\n\n“Quentin has been finding his voice for quite some time — each stage providing an engaging glimpse at a writer on some private road. In these songs it seems as though he’s landed somewhere altogether his own, and I hope he sticks around for some time” – Matthew Millia; Frontier Ruckus\n\n“Jeremy Quentin, the vocalist behind Lansing’s Small Houses, sings with an earnestness that’s hard to deny… Quentin’s music is based on delicate folk melodies and his plucked six-string, with sparse acoustic arrangements that are quietly beautiful.” - A.V. 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This is the best kind of entertainment.”- Mostly Midwest\n\n<h2>Sophie Lane Opens</h2>','Small Houses','','inherit','open','open','','1497-autosave-v1','','','2015-02-09 19:48:37','2015-02-09 19:48:37','',1497,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1497-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1512,1,'2015-01-27 20:28:31','2015-01-27 20:28:31','<h2>Small Houses - Friday, February 27th @8PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=15068831280&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"260\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Sell Tickets</a> <span style=\"color:#ddd;\">through</span> <a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt\">Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\n','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2015-01-27 20:28:31','2015-01-27 20:28:31','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1501,1,'2014-12-28 11:51:32','2014-12-28 11:51:32','<h2>Anais Mitchell - Thursday, January 22nd @ 7PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=14847654735&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"260\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Online Ticketing</a><span style=\"color:#ddd;\"> for </span><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://anaisbillsville.eventbrite.com/?ref=etckt\">An Evening with Anais Mitchell // A Billsville Event</a> <span style=\"color:#ddd;\">powered by</span> <a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt\">Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n<h2>Small Houses - Friday, February 27th @8PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=15068831280&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"260\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Sell Tickets</a> <span style=\"color:#ddd;\">through</span> <a style=\"color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt\">Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\n','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2014-12-28 11:51:32','2014-12-28 11:51:32','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1525,1,'2015-02-25 10:55:25','2015-02-25 10:55:25','\"Billsville\" is our nickname for Williamstown. We\'re in our fourth year of this house concert series. The thing is, we\'ve branched way out. Think of us now as a \"Non-Traditional Venue\" concert series. House, Barns, Art Spaces . . . We\'re no longer in Williamstown having moved to Southern Vermont but our ties to the name and the area are still strong. \r\n\r\nWe book artists who we want to see and make them a deal that\'s hard to turn down. A great spot to play in a great part of the county, a fine helping of our vegetarian cooking, a place to stay for the night - and <strong>100% of the proceeds</strong>. It\'s a deal that make sense to everyone involved. As a fan, you\'ll get to see talented and passionate musicians without the distraction of bar noises or disinterested patrons. Plus, you\'ll know that all of your money is going right back to the musicians.\r\n\r\nAs a musician - you\'ll know that people are here to see you play and revel in the community spirit that a house concert offers.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/2012/01/12/billsville-house-concerts-interview-article-in-the-north-adams-transcript/\">An interview about us</a> in the North Adams Transcript\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Favorite-tunes-in-your-favorite-room-4701043.php#photo-4988937\">Another article in the Albany Times Union</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/11/134425621/live-from-your-living-room\">Great primer from NPR</a>\r\n\r\nHouses will never replace traditional venues, but many artists have come to consider them an indispensable part of their touring routine. \"For the past couple of years, the most helpful thing someone could do was book us for a house concert,\" says David Wax, leader of the Boston folk troupe The David Wax Museum. Wax has been playing house shows since 2007, when he set up an event at his own house — having found he couldn\'t get a gig anywhere else in town.\r\n\r\nThese days, The David Wax Museum play about a quarter of their concerts at private residences. Admission is cheap or free, but Wax says the band usually makes up the difference in merchandise: \"People always buy so much stuff because they\'re not paying a cover,\" he explains. Interest in these intimate shows has grown so much that Wax says the band can\'t possibly honor every request. \"At first, it was the only way we were able to get by,\" he says. \"We have to turn some of them down now. They\'re just overflowing with people.\"\r\n\r\nDavid Wax Museum house show tour 2010 from Kitchen Sessions on Vimeo.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just one way the profitability of house shows can be limited by the houses themselves. Only so many people can squeeze into a living room before it becomes a safety hazard. Paradoxically, organizers who want to attract new and different audiences have to keep the bar for entry low — that means keeping cover charges modest, often using a suggested donation or tip jar model.\r\n\r\nThere is, however, a small subset of independent bookers who can always pay their talent handsomely: students. Colleges and universities across the country offer on-campus concerts during the school year, many of which are booked and produced by student activities committees. College gigs aren\'t always easy to get, but financially, they\'re one of the safest bets a rising band can make.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s one thing to invite people out to a concert — it\'s another to say, \'This is a band I love so much that I\'m having them play at my house,\'\" says Wax. \"It doesn\'t take that many people getting together to make it extremely valuable to the artist.\"\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/entertainment/ci_17638418\">More from the Denver Post</a>\r\n\r\nBigger cut for artists\r\n\r\nBut the free-for-all is hardly free. Like anything else in the music business, this pleasure has its price tag. Fans will often pay a premium to see a national artist in a house environment, and most of the time, hosts won\'t take a dime from the door — especially when capacity is limited at 40-50 people per show.\r\n\r\nThis lean model of fewer people and higher ticket prices enables artists to make a living — and avoid the rock clubs and coffee shops that offer a completely different experience.\r\n\r\nBazan will tell you the joy of no sound check, no PA, no waiting in green rooms. It\'s just him and a guitar — no technology to muck things up.\r\n\r\nThe money\'s also not bad. At a club he\'ll make $5 for every $10 ticket sold — compared with $19 (or closer to $14, after paying his booking agent) on every $20 house ticket sold, he said. He can sell more tickets at a club, but the experience and hospitality is usually better at somebody\'s home.\r\n\r\n\"The people are often lovelier at house shows than they are in rock clubs,\" said Bazan, who will live out of his van and cook his meals on a camp stove for the next six weeks.\r\n\r\nCivility and respect are key at a house show. It\'s not uncommon to see and hear people talk through a show at a club — whether it\'s a rock band or a singer-songwriter playing. That doesn\'t fly at a house show.\r\n\r\nJohnson takes RSVPs for his shows — including a sold-out show March 10 with songwriter Joshua James — and cancellations are rare. His concerts are also over by 10 p.m. so as to be considerate of his neighbors — but half the time, his neighbors are in attendance.\r\n\r\nBrowne hosted Seattle act the Head and the Heart at her borrowed space in Colorado Springs last weekend, and she was taken in by the reverence the fans showed to the band.\r\n\r\n\"(It) was really cool to see how the crowd reacted throughout the night to the intimacy of the house-show setting,\" Browne said. \"I don\'t think a lot of folks there had been to house shows before, and they started out spacing themselves far back in the room for the first set, from Ravenna Woods. But slowly as the night wore on and people started to understand the connection and get comfortable with that level of musical intimacy between band and audience, they started moving closer.\"\r\n\r\nNeither Browne nor Johnson has received any money from their home concerts. It\'s a preferred way of listening to live music, and they\'re not alone.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter you make your reservations we\'ll send you the exact time and location information a few days before the shows. In the meantime, if you have questions, <a href=\"mailto:shows@billsvillehouseconcerts.com\">send us an email</a>\r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/caroline.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nKingsley Flood\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/kingsley.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nPearl & The Beard\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/pearl.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nJenny Owen Youngs\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/jenny.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nThe Mommyheads\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/mommyheads.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nBillsville\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/billsville.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />','About','','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-v1','','','2015-02-25 10:55:25','2015-02-25 10:55:25','',14,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/14-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1609,1,'2015-11-03 03:05:07','2015-11-03 03:05:07','<h2>Saturday, November 14th - 8PM\r\n<br /> HONEYHONEY + Sonya Kitchell\r\n</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=18736147321&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\nThe third full-length release from L.A.-based duo HONEYHONEY, ‘3\' is an album born from fascination with the sweet and the sleazy, the light and dark, the danger and the magic.  Since Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo released the critically-acclaimed \'Billy Jack\' in 2011, they’ve kept on the road, growing their fan base tenfold both at home and internationally. Working on this new album with Dave Cobb (the producer behind Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson), lead singer/banjo player/violinist Suzanne Santo and vocalist/guitarist Ben Jaffe twist their gritty, harmony-driven brand of Southern-flavored rock & roll through tales of lost souls, broken boys and girls with gold in their spit. The two songwriters also take a mirror to their own experience in lust and heartache - never shying away from revealing the messy truth. This album reflects their continued growth, and holds nothing back. It’s easy to understand why HONEYHONEY’s following ranges from lovers of the Black Keys and White Stripes to The Civil Wars. Whether they rattle, soothe or joyfully inspire, HONEYHONEY instill each song with a straight-from-the-gut honesty and elegance of storytelling that make “3\" both cathartic and electrifying.\r\n\r\n <iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQAVa_p0EK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<h3>Sonya Kitchell</h3>\r\n\r\nSonya Kitchell is a songstress with a voice that is unadorned and true. She weaves psychedelic folk and unbridled pop in a whimsical array of classic melodies tinged with a raspy rock ‘n roll spirit. Based in Brooklyn NY, she has toured the globe twice over in support of her first two internationally acclaimed records, Words Came Back to Me (2006) and This Storm (2008). She spent a life-changing year collaborating with the legendary Herbie Hancock on his Grammy-winning album, River: The Joni Letters, winning two Grammys — the first for her work on River: The Joni Letters and later for her work on Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator. Her prolific, illustrious career is marked by collaborations with respected artists, including Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Jackson Brown, Reggie Watts, Blake Mills, The Barr Brothers, Blue Foundation, Yellowbirds and Trixie Whitley. She worked with producer Stewart Lerman and renowned film composer Garth Stevenson for her 2010 EP Convict of Conviction.\r\n\r\nSonya has graced the stage at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and Central Park Summerstage. Her televisions appearances include Late Night with David Letterman & Live at Abbey Road. She traces her creativity and innate search for freedom to growing up in a family of artists in the backwoods of Western Massachusetts. 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Instead, the Northampton, Mass., singer and songwriter is marking life lessons with music on her new self-titled album, penning tuneful reminders to herself about the little triumphs of love on “Flutter,” the solace of redemption on “Turn Yourself Around” and her firm belief that nothing’s colder than trying too hard to be cool, an idea that inspired “Fire for You.”\r\nRed leaf\r\nPhoto by Kevin Hill\r\n\r\nHeather Maloney, out in March on Signature Sounds, is the third album for a songwriter hailed by The Huffington Post for “lyrics that cut to the chase.” DigBoston wrote that she “deserves the type of cult following that has allowed the likes of Aimee Mann and Ani DiFranco that long standing success and influence they have had.”\r\n\r\nAlthough Maloney’s influences are largely rooted in what she calls “adventurous folk,” she pushes outward on these 11 songs, digging deeper, and roaming wider, than she has before on songs populated by vivid characters that ultimately trace their way back to her.\r\n\r\nShe uses juicy touches of pop, and a little dash of rock ’n’ roll on “Iron Bull,” a song she wrote after visiting Zucotti Park during, Occupy Wall Street.\r\n\r\n“It’s become more multi-dimensional,” she says, a change she credits to the way she approached Heather Maloney. She mostly performed by herself in concert when she made her first two albums, so the recorded songs didn’t sound the way they did when she played them live. This time, she road-tested the new material with Ken Maiuri (Mark Mulcahy, the Young at Heart Chorus) on bass and J.J. O’Connell on drums, fine-tuning songs as she performed them in front of audiences before heading into the studio.\r\n\r\n“I love playing with a band,” says Maloney, who’s even done some co-writing with Maiuri. “It’s become an integral part of the music.”\r\n\r\nIf there’s a typical path to becoming a songwriter, Maloney didn’t follow it. Although she went to school for music and had done plenty of singing, she only began writing tunes a few years ago after living and working for three years in a silent-retreat meditation center in central Massachusetts.\r\n\r\n“The biggest motivating factor in writing was probably the experiences that I was having here in my meditation practice,” she says. “There was the difficulty of it, the suffering of it, and wanting to channel that into something creative, and on the positive side, the insights that came out of my experiences.”\r\n\r\nThose experiences proved especially inspirational on “Dirt & Stardust,” the folky centerpiece of the album. On one level, it’s a song about a rambling woman, an idea whose origins were simple enough: “Who doesn’t love songs about ramblers?” Maloney says. “It’s adventurous, and heartbreaking, but beautiful.”\r\n\r\nOn a deeper level, though, it’s a song about embracing impermanence. “I don’t want these walls to wall me in forever,” Maloney begins, singing with the hint of a quaver in her sweet voice tinged with earthy grit. “Don’t want to make my home on fenced-in land. We can buy our lot, we can mark our spot but we’re travelers whether we like it or not, so please make my castle out of sand.”\r\n\r\n“It led me back to the meditation practice,” she explains. “A large part of what this practice is aiming to get you to recognize is that everything is impermanent, and not only to recognize that, but to be OK with that, and maybe even celebrate that. So in this song I’m trying to express this woman’s complicated relationship with impermanence.”\r\n\r\nIt’s not just an expression of the character’s relationship. Like most of Maloney’s songs, “Dirt & Stardust” is ultimately about herself, though sometimes her songs are personal in a way that only dawns on her later.\r\n\r\n“I prefer to start writing like I’m writing about somebody else, and maybe it turns out to be autobiographical,” she says. “Sometimes it even happens long after I’ve written the song and I’m performing it live, and I suddenly feel naked, like, ‘Whoa, this is really about me, isn’t it?’ It’s just that I’m in a room full of people when I realize it.”\r\n\r\nIt’s no surprise that those rooms are getting more and more crowded as people discover her smart, catchy and soulful music. 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We\'re in our fourth year of this house concert series. The thing is, we\'ve branched way out. Think of us now as a \"Non-Traditional Venue\" concert series. House, Barns, Art Spaces . . . We\'re no longer in Williamstown having moved to Southern Vermont but our ties to the name and the area are still strong. \r\n\r\nWe book artists who we want to see and make them a deal that\'s hard to turn down. A great spot to play in a great part of the county, a fine helping of our vegetarian cooking, a place to stay for the night - and <strong>100% of the proceeds</strong>. It\'s a deal that make sense to everyone involved. As a fan, you\'ll get to see talented and passionate musicians without the distraction of bar noises or disinterested patrons. Plus, you\'ll know that all of your money is going right back to the musicians.\r\n\r\nAs a musician - you\'ll know that people are here to see you play and revel in the community spirit that a house concert offers.\r\n\r\nAs an audience member, you\'ll get to see a performance in an intimate space and really connect with the artists. After you make your reservations we\'ll send you the exact time and location information a few days before the shows. In the meantime, if you have questions, <a href=\"mailto:shows@billsvillehouseconcerts.com\">send us an email</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/2012/01/12/billsville-house-concerts-interview-article-in-the-north-adams-transcript/\">An interview about us</a> in the North Adams Transcript\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Favorite-tunes-in-your-favorite-room-4701043.php#photo-4988937\">Another article in the Albany Times Union</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/11/134425621/live-from-your-living-room\">Great primer from NPR</a>\r\n\r\nHouses will never replace traditional venues, but many artists have come to consider them an indispensable part of their touring routine. \"For the past couple of years, the most helpful thing someone could do was book us for a house concert,\" says David Wax, leader of the Boston folk troupe The David Wax Museum. Wax has been playing house shows since 2007, when he set up an event at his own house — having found he couldn\'t get a gig anywhere else in town.\r\n\r\nThese days, The David Wax Museum play about a quarter of their concerts at private residences. Admission is cheap or free, but Wax says the band usually makes up the difference in merchandise: \"People always buy so much stuff because they\'re not paying a cover,\" he explains. Interest in these intimate shows has grown so much that Wax says the band can\'t possibly honor every request. \"At first, it was the only way we were able to get by,\" he says. \"We have to turn some of them down now. They\'re just overflowing with people.\"\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just one way the profitability of house shows can be limited by the houses themselves. Only so many people can squeeze into a living room before it becomes a safety hazard. Paradoxically, organizers who want to attract new and different audiences have to keep the bar for entry low — that means keeping cover charges modest, often using a suggested donation or tip jar model.\r\n\r\nThere is, however, a small subset of independent bookers who can always pay their talent handsomely: students. Colleges and universities across the country offer on-campus concerts during the school year, many of which are booked and produced by student activities committees. College gigs aren\'t always easy to get, but financially, they\'re one of the safest bets a rising band can make.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s one thing to invite people out to a concert — it\'s another to say, \'This is a band I love so much that I\'m having them play at my house,\'\" says Wax. \"It doesn\'t take that many people getting together to make it extremely valuable to the artist.\"\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/entertainment/ci_17638418\">More from the Denver Post</a>\r\n\r\nBigger cut for artists\r\n\r\nBut the free-for-all is hardly free. Like anything else in the music business, this pleasure has its price tag. Fans will often pay a premium to see a national artist in a house environment, and most of the time, hosts won\'t take a dime from the door — especially when capacity is limited at 40-50 people per show.\r\n\r\nThis lean model of fewer people and higher ticket prices enables artists to make a living — and avoid the rock clubs and coffee shops that offer a completely different experience.\r\n\r\nBazan will tell you the joy of no sound check, no PA, no waiting in green rooms. It\'s just him and a guitar — no technology to muck things up.\r\n\r\nThe money\'s also not bad. At a club he\'ll make $5 for every $10 ticket sold — compared with $19 (or closer to $14, after paying his booking agent) on every $20 house ticket sold, he said. He can sell more tickets at a club, but the experience and hospitality is usually better at somebody\'s home.\r\n\r\n\"The people are often lovelier at house shows than they are in rock clubs,\" said Bazan, who will live out of his van and cook his meals on a camp stove for the next six weeks.\r\n\r\nCivility and respect are key at a house show. It\'s not uncommon to see and hear people talk through a show at a club — whether it\'s a rock band or a singer-songwriter playing. That doesn\'t fly at a house show.\r\n\r\nJohnson takes RSVPs for his shows — including a sold-out show March 10 with songwriter Joshua James — and cancellations are rare. His concerts are also over by 10 p.m. so as to be considerate of his neighbors — but half the time, his neighbors are in attendance.\r\n\r\nBrowne hosted Seattle act the Head and the Heart at her borrowed space in Colorado Springs last weekend, and she was taken in by the reverence the fans showed to the band.\r\n\r\n\"(It) was really cool to see how the crowd reacted throughout the night to the intimacy of the house-show setting,\" Browne said. \"I don\'t think a lot of folks there had been to house shows before, and they started out spacing themselves far back in the room for the first set, from Ravenna Woods. But slowly as the night wore on and people started to understand the connection and get comfortable with that level of musical intimacy between band and audience, they started moving closer.\"\r\n\r\nNeither Browne nor Johnson has received any money from their home concerts. 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The lyrics are dark for sure, but it’s way more than just a great break up album – the heartbreak reaches biblical proportions on several tunes.\r\n\r\nIn the gently melodic “Little Bird” Houlihan sings:\r\n\r\n\"Distant lives and distant lovers\r\nyou were once my little bird\r\ni went over waterfalls in barrels i was that absurd\r\ni was to prove my love i was i was\"\r\n\r\nThe song unlocks an album that truly tells a story. Bookended with pleas for a lost lover called Prairie, to “please come home,” the narrator appears pretty desperate at times.\r\n\r\nAs clouds literally gathered on stage (thanks to Schaff), the band moved into an eerie “Jealous Vow.” Houlihan sings:\r\n\r\n\"Prairie i have waited for you every night and day\r\nbut your time was better spent in the arms of another man\r\nyou were cutting off my fingertips to better ease the pain\r\nof the creeping death of poison in my meals we couldn\'t spare\"\r\n\r\nAs mentioned, there’s an old-timey religious feel on some of their songs. On the set opener “Mosquito Coast,” the band sings\r\n\r\n\"Tell my boys not to drink no gin\r\nyou can\'t leave the tavern if you never go in\r\nand Jesus Christ will tell you it\'s a sin\r\nif in excess, alcohol there is within\"\r\n\r\nWill Houllihan has put together a band with a lot of potential. 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We\'re in our fourth year of this house concert series. The thing is, we\'ve branched way out. Think of us now as a \"Non-Traditional Venue\" concert series. House, Barns, Art Spaces . . . We\'re no longer in Williamstown having moved to Southern Vermont but our ties to the name and the area are still strong and we still do shows all over. \r\n\r\nWe book artists who we want to see and make them a deal that\'s hard to turn down. A great spot to play in a great part of the county, a fine helping of our vegetarian cooking, a place to stay for the night - and <strong>100% of the proceeds</strong>. It\'s a deal that make sense to everyone involved. As a fan, you\'ll get to see talented and passionate musicians without the distraction of bar noises or disinterested patrons. Plus, you\'ll know that all of your money is going right back to the musicians.\r\n\r\nAs a musician - you\'ll know that people are here to see you play and revel in the community spirit that a house concert offers.\r\n\r\nAs an audience member, you\'ll get to see a performance in an intimate space and really connect with the artists. After you make your reservations we\'ll send you the exact time and location information a few days before the shows. In the meantime, if you have questions, <a href=\"mailto:shows@billsvillehouseconcerts.com\">send us an email</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9610-playing-house/\">Read about Billsville in Pitchfork</a>\r\n\r\nAnother great <a href=\"http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/entertainment/2015/05/20/vermont-house-concerts-make-music-intimate/27571623/\">article in the Burlington Free Press</a>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Guests at the concert Doug Hacker and his wife, Caroline Schneider, presented at their home in Manchester Center last month first had to get through the guy at the door — the couple\'s chipper 11-year-old son, Kai, who welcomed visitors as they made their way downstairs to (of course) deposit their shoes. The couple\'s older son, Ethan, 16, manned the sound board for the night\'s performer, singer-songwriter Heather Maloney.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/2012/01/12/billsville-house-concerts-interview-article-in-the-north-adams-transcript/\">An interview about us</a> in the North Adams Transcript\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Favorite-tunes-in-your-favorite-room-4701043.php#photo-4988937\">Another article in the Albany Times Union</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/11/134425621/live-from-your-living-room\">Great primer from NPR</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Houses will never replace traditional venues, but many artists have come to consider them an indispensable part of their touring routine. \"For the past couple of years, the most helpful thing someone could do was book us for a house concert,\" says David Wax, leader of the Boston folk troupe The David Wax Museum. Wax has been playing house shows since 2007, when he set up an event at his own house — having found he couldn\'t get a gig anywhere else in town.\r\n\r\nThese days, The David Wax Museum play about a quarter of their concerts at private residences. Admission is cheap or free, but Wax says the band usually makes up the difference in merchandise: \"People always buy so much stuff because they\'re not paying a cover,\" he explains. Interest in these intimate shows has grown so much that Wax says the band can\'t possibly honor every request. \"At first, it was the only way we were able to get by,\" he says. \"We have to turn some of them down now. They\'re just overflowing with people.\"\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just one way the profitability of house shows can be limited by the houses themselves. Only so many people can squeeze into a living room before it becomes a safety hazard. Paradoxically, organizers who want to attract new and different audiences have to keep the bar for entry low — that means keeping cover charges modest, often using a suggested donation or tip jar model.\r\n\r\nThere is, however, a small subset of independent bookers who can always pay their talent handsomely: students. Colleges and universities across the country offer on-campus concerts during the school year, many of which are booked and produced by student activities committees. College gigs aren\'t always easy to get, but financially, they\'re one of the safest bets a rising band can make.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s one thing to invite people out to a concert — it\'s another to say, \'This is a band I love so much that I\'m having them play at my house,\'\" says Wax. \"It doesn\'t take that many people getting together to make it extremely valuable to the artist.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/entertainment/ci_17638418\">More from the Denver Post</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Bigger cut for artists\r\n\r\nBut the free-for-all is hardly free. Like anything else in the music business, this pleasure has its price tag. Fans will often pay a premium to see a national artist in a house environment, and most of the time, hosts won\'t take a dime from the door — especially when capacity is limited at 40-50 people per show.\r\n\r\nThis lean model of fewer people and higher ticket prices enables artists to make a living — and avoid the rock clubs and coffee shops that offer a completely different experience.\r\n\r\nBazan will tell you the joy of no sound check, no PA, no waiting in green rooms. It\'s just him and a guitar — no technology to muck things up.\r\n\r\nThe money\'s also not bad. At a club he\'ll make $5 for every $10 ticket sold — compared with $19 (or closer to $14, after paying his booking agent) on every $20 house ticket sold, he said. He can sell more tickets at a club, but the experience and hospitality is usually better at somebody\'s home.\r\n\r\n\"The people are often lovelier at house shows than they are in rock clubs,\" said Bazan, who will live out of his van and cook his meals on a camp stove for the next six weeks.\r\n\r\nCivility and respect are key at a house show. It\'s not uncommon to see and hear people talk through a show at a club — whether it\'s a rock band or a singer-songwriter playing. That doesn\'t fly at a house show.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJohnson takes RSVPs for his shows — including a sold-out show March 10 with songwriter Joshua James — and cancellations are rare. His concerts are also over by 10 p.m. so as to be considerate of his neighbors — but half the time, his neighbors are in attendance.\r\n\r\nBrowne hosted Seattle act the Head and the Heart at her borrowed space in Colorado Springs last weekend, and she was taken in by the reverence the fans showed to the band.\r\n\r\n\"(It) was really cool to see how the crowd reacted throughout the night to the intimacy of the house-show setting,\" Browne said. \"I don\'t think a lot of folks there had been to house shows before, and they started out spacing themselves far back in the room for the first set, from Ravenna Woods. But slowly as the night wore on and people started to understand the connection and get comfortable with that level of musical intimacy between band and audience, they started moving closer.\"\r\n\r\nNeither Browne nor Johnson has received any money from their home concerts. It\'s a preferred way of listening to live music, and they\'re not alone.\r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/caroline.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nKingsley Flood\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/kingsley.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nPearl & The Beard\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/pearl.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nJenny Owen Youngs\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/jenny.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nThe Mommyheads\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/mommyheads.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nBillsville\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/billsville.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />','About','','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-v1','','','2015-06-17 12:50:01','2015-06-17 12:50:01','',14,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/14-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1559,1,'2015-06-17 12:58:28','2015-06-17 12:58:28','\"Billsville\" is our nickname for Williamstown - the place we started. We\'re in our fourth year of this house concert series. The thing is, we\'ve branched way out. Think of us now as a \"Non-Traditional Venue\" concert series. House, Barns, Art Spaces . . . We\'re no longer in Williamstown having moved to Southern Vermont but our ties to the name and the area are still strong and we still do shows all over. \r\n\r\nWe book artists who we want to see and make them a deal that\'s hard to turn down. A great spot to play in a great part of the county, a fine helping of our vegetarian cooking, a place to stay for the night - and <strong>100% of the proceeds</strong>. It\'s a deal that make sense to everyone involved. As a fan, you\'ll get to see talented and passionate musicians without the distraction of bar noises or disinterested patrons. Plus, you\'ll know that all of your money is going right back to the musicians.\r\n\r\nAs a musician - you\'ll know that people are here to see you play and revel in the community spirit that a house concert offers.\r\n\r\nAs an audience member, you\'ll get to see a performance in an intimate space and really connect with the artists. After you make your reservations we\'ll send you the exact time and location information a few days before the shows. In the meantime, if you have questions, <a href=\"mailto:shows@billsvillehouseconcerts.com\">send us an email</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9610-playing-house/\">Read about Billsville in Pitchfork</a>\r\n\r\nAnother great <a href=\"http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/entertainment/2015/05/20/vermont-house-concerts-make-music-intimate/27571623/\">article in the Burlington Free Press</a>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Guests at the concert Doug Hacker and his wife, Caroline Schneider, presented at their home in Manchester Center last month first had to get through the guy at the door — the couple\'s chipper 11-year-old son, Kai, who welcomed visitors as they made their way downstairs to (of course) deposit their shoes. The couple\'s older son, Ethan, 16, manned the sound board for the night\'s performer, singer-songwriter Heather Maloney.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/2012/01/12/billsville-house-concerts-interview-article-in-the-north-adams-transcript/\">An interview about us</a> in the North Adams Transcript\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Favorite-tunes-in-your-favorite-room-4701043.php#photo-4988937\">Another article in the Albany Times Union</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/11/134425621/live-from-your-living-room\">Great primer from NPR</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Houses will never replace traditional venues, but many artists have come to consider them an indispensable part of their touring routine. \"For the past couple of years, the most helpful thing someone could do was book us for a house concert,\" says David Wax, leader of the Boston folk troupe The David Wax Museum. Wax has been playing house shows since 2007, when he set up an event at his own house — having found he couldn\'t get a gig anywhere else in town.\r\n\r\nThese days, The David Wax Museum play about a quarter of their concerts at private residences. Admission is cheap or free, but Wax says the band usually makes up the difference in merchandise: \"People always buy so much stuff because they\'re not paying a cover,\" he explains. Interest in these intimate shows has grown so much that Wax says the band can\'t possibly honor every request. \"At first, it was the only way we were able to get by,\" he says. \"We have to turn some of them down now. They\'re just overflowing with people.\"\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just one way the profitability of house shows can be limited by the houses themselves. Only so many people can squeeze into a living room before it becomes a safety hazard. Paradoxically, organizers who want to attract new and different audiences have to keep the bar for entry low — that means keeping cover charges modest, often using a suggested donation or tip jar model.\r\n\r\nThere is, however, a small subset of independent bookers who can always pay their talent handsomely: students. Colleges and universities across the country offer on-campus concerts during the school year, many of which are booked and produced by student activities committees. College gigs aren\'t always easy to get, but financially, they\'re one of the safest bets a rising band can make.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s one thing to invite people out to a concert — it\'s another to say, \'This is a band I love so much that I\'m having them play at my house,\'\" says Wax. \"It doesn\'t take that many people getting together to make it extremely valuable to the artist.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/entertainment/ci_17638418\">More from the Denver Post</a>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Bigger cut for artists\r\n\r\nBut the free-for-all is hardly free. Like anything else in the music business, this pleasure has its price tag. Fans will often pay a premium to see a national artist in a house environment, and most of the time, hosts won\'t take a dime from the door — especially when capacity is limited at 40-50 people per show.\r\n\r\nThis lean model of fewer people and higher ticket prices enables artists to make a living — and avoid the rock clubs and coffee shops that offer a completely different experience.\r\n\r\nBazan will tell you the joy of no sound check, no PA, no waiting in green rooms. It\'s just him and a guitar — no technology to muck things up.\r\n\r\nThe money\'s also not bad. At a club he\'ll make $5 for every $10 ticket sold — compared with $19 (or closer to $14, after paying his booking agent) on every $20 house ticket sold, he said. He can sell more tickets at a club, but the experience and hospitality is usually better at somebody\'s home.\r\n\r\n\"The people are often lovelier at house shows than they are in rock clubs,\" said Bazan, who will live out of his van and cook his meals on a camp stove for the next six weeks.\r\n\r\nCivility and respect are key at a house show. It\'s not uncommon to see and hear people talk through a show at a club — whether it\'s a rock band or a singer-songwriter playing. That doesn\'t fly at a house show.\r\n\r\nJohnson takes RSVPs for his shows — including a sold-out show March 10 with songwriter Joshua James — and cancellations are rare. His concerts are also over by 10 p.m. so as to be considerate of his neighbors — but half the time, his neighbors are in attendance.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nBrowne hosted Seattle act the Head and the Heart at her borrowed space in Colorado Springs last weekend, and she was taken in by the reverence the fans showed to the band.\r\n\r\n\"(It) was really cool to see how the crowd reacted throughout the night to the intimacy of the house-show setting,\" Browne said. \"I don\'t think a lot of folks there had been to house shows before, and they started out spacing themselves far back in the room for the first set, from Ravenna Woods. But slowly as the night wore on and people started to understand the connection and get comfortable with that level of musical intimacy between band and audience, they started moving closer.\"\r\n\r\nNeither Browne nor Johnson has received any money from their home concerts. It\'s a preferred way of listening to live music, and they\'re not alone.\r\n\r\nCaroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/caroline.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nKingsley Flood\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/kingsley.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nPearl & The Beard\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/pearl.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nJenny Owen Youngs\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/jenny.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nThe Mommyheads\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/mommyheads.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />\r\nBillsville\r\n<img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/images/about/billsville.jpg\" alt=\"\"  />','About','','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-v1','','','2015-06-17 12:58:28','2015-06-17 12:58:28','',14,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/14-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1562,1,'2015-06-25 21:55:07','2015-06-25 21:55:07','','gpweb','','inherit','open','open','','gpweb','','','2015-06-25 21:55:07','2015-06-25 21:55:07','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gpweb.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1563,1,'2015-06-25 21:59:50','2015-06-25 21:59:50','','gpweb','','inherit','open','open','','gpweb-2','','','2015-06-25 21:59:50','2015-06-25 21:59:50','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gpweb1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1567,1,'2015-07-05 22:05:43','2015-07-05 22:05:43','<h2>August 1st @ 8PM</h2>\r\n\r\nJocie Adams was a member of the The Low Anthem, and that alt-folk group\'s eclectic approach is present on Arc Iris, her self-titled debut under a new solo moniker. Adams is a multi-instrumentalist with a flair for warm, inviting arrangements, as evidenced on the track \"Might I Deserve to Have A Dream,\" in which a raspy electric guitar gives way to lush strings.\r\n\r\nDrawing from cabaret, classical, country, folk, Latin and pop styles, Arc Iris features cello, banjo and brass alongside a rhythm section. Supporting Adams\' voice, the sextet quietly shows its colors on the moody numbers, but doesn\'t hesitate to get raucous, as on \"Singing So Sweetly.\"\r\n\r\nIt may not be much of a critical insight to say it, but the debut album by Arc Iris makes me happy — not only for its musicality, sense of adventure and ample wit, but for Ms. Adams\' willing to share her joy. 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The stripped down power duo features guitarist Ryan Flaherty and percussionist Erika Stahl. Muddy Ruckus blends haunting male/female vocals, rootsy guitar and edgy percussion on a suitcase drum kit. The band seasons their music with the salt of the eastern old ports and the mud of the Mississippi River where Flaherty grew up, creating an epic blend of bluesy folk rock, foot stomping rhythms and haunting vocal melodies. The New York Music Daily calls Muddy Ruckus \"Darkly Inventive Americana\". In April 2016, Muddy Ruckus was dubbed \"Best in State of Maine\" by the New England Music Awards.\r\n\r\nMuddy Ruckus\' music is a fat blend of subterranean grooves, punk-folk and electric suitcase rock. Flaherty, originally from Rock Island, IL, met Stahl in 2013 in Portland Maine. They played on porches, street corners and campfires and became Muddy Ruckus.  They would rehearse on the road, in the car, at shows and in the studio.  The duo continues to pull inspiration from the music they love - old-timey folk music, dirty electric blues, circa 1940 hot swing and rock n roll - dressing it with Dylan-esque lyrics that poke fun at society and poetically examine the state of the world. Muddy Ruckus released their debut album in September, 2014. 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Since Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo released the critically-acclaimed \'Billy Jack\' in 2011, they’ve kept on the road, growing their fan base tenfold both at home and internationally. Working on this new album with Dave Cobb (the producer behind Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson), lead singer/banjo player/violinist Suzanne Santo and vocalist/guitarist Ben Jaffe twist their gritty, harmony-driven brand of Southern-flavored rock & roll through tales of lost souls, broken boys and girls with gold in their spit. The two songwriters also take a mirror to their own experience in lust and heartache - never shying away from revealing the messy truth. This album reflects their continued growth, and holds nothing back. It’s easy to understand why HONEYHONEY’s following ranges from lovers of the Black Keys and White Stripes to The Civil Wars. 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We\'ve hosted two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Our biggest thanks go out to all of you who come to these shows - without your attendance it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\n<strong>January</strong>\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>February</strong>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<strong>April</strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>May</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>June</strong>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>August</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. Most of all, the band has clearly decided that it\'s cool to be \"entertainers\" and we wholeheartedly agree! Note the Vermont and Bernie/EnoughIsEnough shirts on the band.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>September</strong>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\n<strong>October</strong>\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. I remember listening to Lissie\'s first Daytrotter sessions back in the day and being enchanted with her voice. To have her sing in our living room was otherworldly.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>November</strong>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','publish','open','open','','2015-year-in-review','','','2015-12-23 20:06:11','2015-12-23 20:06:11','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?p=1637',0,'post','',3),(1596,1,'2015-09-28 23:09:11','2015-09-28 23:09:11','','HONEYHONEYWeb','','inherit','open','open','','honeyhoneyweb-2','','','2015-09-28 23:09:11','2015-09-28 23:09:11','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/HONEYHONEYWeb.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1597,1,'2015-09-28 23:13:22','2015-09-28 23:13:22','<h2>Saturday, November 14th - 8PM\r\n<br /> HONEYHONEY + Sonya Kitchell\r\n</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=18736147321&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\nThe third full-length release from L.A.-based duo HONEYHONEY, ‘3\' is an album born from fascination with the sweet and the sleazy, the light and dark, the danger and the magic.  Since Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo released the critically-acclaimed \'Billy Jack\' in 2011, they’ve kept on the road, growing their fan base tenfold both at home and internationally. Working on this new album with Dave Cobb (the producer behind Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson), lead singer/banjo player/violinist Suzanne Santo and vocalist/guitarist Ben Jaffe twist their gritty, harmony-driven brand of Southern-flavored rock & roll through tales of lost souls, broken boys and girls with gold in their spit. The two songwriters also take a mirror to their own experience in lust and heartache - never shying away from revealing the messy truth. This album reflects their continued growth, and holds nothing back. It’s easy to understand why HONEYHONEY’s following ranges from lovers of the Black Keys and White Stripes to The Civil Wars. Whether they rattle, soothe or joyfully inspire, HONEYHONEY instill each song with a straight-from-the-gut honesty and elegance of storytelling that make “3\" both cathartic and electrifying.\r\n\r\n <iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQAVa_p0EK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<h3>Sonya Kitchell</h3>\r\n\r\nSonya Kitchell is a songstress with a voice that is unadorned and true. She weaves psychedelic folk and unbridled pop in a whimsical array of classic melodies tinged with a raspy rock ‘n roll spirit. Based in Brooklyn NY, she has toured the globe twice over in support of her first two internationally acclaimed records, Words Came Back to Me (2006) and This Storm (2008). She spent a life-changing year collaborating with the legendary Herbie Hancock on his Grammy-winning album, River: The Joni Letters, winning two Grammys — the first for her work on River: The Joni Letters and later for her work on Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator. Her prolific, illustrious career is marked by collaborations with respected artists, including Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Jackson Brown, Reggie Watts, Blake Mills, The Barr Brothers, Blue Foundation, Yellowbirds and Trixie Whitley. She worked with producer Stewart Lerman and renowned film composer Garth Stevenson for her 2010 EP Convict of Conviction.\r\n\r\nSonya has graced the stage at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and Central Park Summerstage. Her televisions appearances include Late Night with David Letterman & Live at Abbey Road. She traces her creativity and innate search for freedom to growing up in a family of artists in the backwoods of Western Massachusetts. Her new, self-produced album, The Dust, emerges from her nomadic trail through cities and stark landscapes. The Dust represents years of Sonya’s learning from masters, unlearning expectations, and re-emerging as a vivid, fresh voice.','HONEYHONEY with Sonya Kitchell','','publish','open','open','','honeyhoney','','','2015-11-03 03:05:07','2015-11-03 03:05:07','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?page_id=1597',0,'page','',0),(1599,1,'2015-09-28 23:13:22','2015-09-28 23:13:22','<h2>Saturday, November 14th - 8PM</h2>\r\nThe third full-length release from L.A.-based duo HONEYHONEY, ‘3\' is an album born from fascination with the sweet and the sleazy, the light and dark, the danger and the magic.  Since Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo released the critically-acclaimed \'Billy Jack\' in 2011, they’ve kept on the road, growing their fan base tenfold both at home and internationally. 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He is one of a misty-eyed gentlefolk seeking prosperity in a soul, in the soul. He’s a wanderer of the highest regard, with hazy matter, loosely based on his waking hours, conditions, remarks and interactions, all that he finds suitable to chronicle in his ledger and diary. He made a record entitled Feathers & Fishhooks, three years ago and the men, or man, that he introduced us to were of the fluttery variety. They found that they were utterly consumed by their wanderings, by the ifs, the white noise and the unseen phantoms whispering it all breathy and hot into their ears.\n\nBaxter, who calls Nashville home, is a keen observer not just of a non-thing thing like the human condition, but more so an observer of how he reacts to that non-thing thing called the human condition and just how people relate to one another. He appreciates the nuances of those who fail one another, or those who mean to let each other down. He appreciates even more those who intend to be sweet, those who will remain, holding a hand warm or cold and falling into surreal rhythm together. Imaginary Man, his second long-player, is an exquisite new exploration of the disorienting qualities of real life and what they drive us to conjure in our sleep, when we’re lucky enough to get it, when we allow our days to be through. It’s a mellow current of open water, touching muddy banks, carving out a sensation of desire and great hunger. People must be more. He must be more, better and kinder. Love must touch more and be more visible. People need people and they need beauty and mercy in abundance. It all needs to be there and Baxter finds this tumbling course a fascinating one.\n\n“I see people abuse the world. There’s lots of evil out there, but we’re given the gift of life to live on this beautiful world. We’re all fucked, but we’re all winning in the end,” he says.\n\nImaginary Man gives us a portrait of a man, via characters, whose hallucinations are wishful and nearly productive, almost productive. They hope for guidance. They might even pray. They are looking for shared breaths, for a togetherness that they’re missing, or that they once had and lost. They fear that they’ve been better people in the past, but that they can redeem themselves. Baxter places common uncertainties into bodies who itch with them. They levitate with them and turn them over in their hands, working them out with a radiant warmth, tripping happily into new wrinkles of life and into other lives not their own, all the while still recognizing that they’ve been taking advice and medicine from roosters, poets and the nighttime spirit of Rodriguez, the tour guide of a dilapidated Detroit. These are love songs to the foggy myths and the open ends of every one of us. They’re meant to speak to us like the sirens do and they’re bound to light us on fire, or break our damned hearts.\n\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/jv3cMveVgYo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUw4XIBP4Sc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/jwAvzXQ_CCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5qVmGMrHQu8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>','Rayland Baxter','','inherit','open','open','','1390-autosave-v1','','','2015-11-20 01:13:00','2015-11-20 01:13:00','',1390,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1390-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1613,1,'2015-11-20 01:09:42','2015-11-20 01:09:42','','RBaxter_047','','inherit','open','open','','rbaxter_047','','','2015-11-20 01:09:42','2015-11-20 01:09:42','',1390,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/RBaxter_047.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1614,1,'2015-11-20 01:09:43','2015-11-20 01:09:43','','RBaxter_014','','inherit','open','open','','rbaxter_014','','','2015-11-20 01:09:43','2015-11-20 01:09:43','',1390,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/RBaxter_014.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1615,1,'2015-11-20 01:09:45','2015-11-20 01:09:45','','RBaxter_041','','inherit','open','open','','rbaxter_041','','','2015-11-20 01:09:45','2015-11-20 01:09:45','',1390,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/RBaxter_041.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1617,1,'2015-11-20 01:29:26','2015-11-20 01:29:26','','RaylandWeb','','inherit','open','open','','raylandweb','','','2015-11-20 01:29:26','2015-11-20 01:29:26','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/RaylandWeb.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1621,1,'2015-12-07 17:44:38','2015-12-07 17:44:38','','Pitchfork','','inherit','open','open','','pitchfork','','','2015-12-07 17:44:38','2015-12-07 17:44:38','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Pitchfork.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1624,1,'2015-12-07 17:46:39','2015-12-07 17:46:39','\r\n<blockquote>Of course, artists and fans don’t need a network or a website to do a house show. Some fans are hosting islands, operating on their own terms. Doug Hacker lives in southern Vermont and found it hard to travel to larger, nearby cities for shows after he had kids, so he started the Billsville House Concert series in 2011, hosting bands like Strand of Oaks, Field Report, Anais Mitchell, and Zammuto in his living room for about 65 people. Hacker’s 15-year-old son runs the sound (a full PA with monitors and 16-channel mixer) and his other son works the door. 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With a sensitive yet assertive approach that\'s steeped in tradition yet firmly rooted in the present, the four versatile instrumentalist/vocalists draw from a bottomless well of rootsy influences to create vibrantly original music that conveys the band\'s expansive musical vision with timeless lyrical truths and an unmistakably contemporary sensibility that places them alongside such roots-conscious young acts as the Avett Brothers, Punch Brothers, the Lumineers, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/j7i1WAYsnTA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n \r\nSince its formation in 2009, the Boston-bred, Nashville-based outfit has established a reputation as a charismatic, hard-touring live act, building a large and enthusiastic fan base while racking up massive amounts of critical acclaim with its first two albums.  Now, Della Mae finds the foursome embracing a fresh set of musical challenges with eleven compelling new tunes that embody the musical and emotional qualities of the group\'s prior output while venturing into uncharted creative territory.','Della Mae','','publish','open','open','','della-mae','','','2016-01-25 18:04:09','2016-01-25 18:04:09','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1628',22,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1630,1,'2015-12-09 22:33:49','2015-12-09 22:33:49','','4359874','','inherit','open','open','','4359874','','','2015-12-09 22:33:49','2015-12-09 22:33:49','',1628,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/4359874.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1633,1,'2015-12-09 22:34:32','2015-12-09 22:34:32','','webdealla','','inherit','open','open','','webdealla','','','2015-12-09 22:34:32','2015-12-09 22:34:32','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/webdealla.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1695,1,'2016-03-16 11:14:50','2016-03-16 11:14:50','<h2>Saturday, April 23rd @ 8PM <br /> with opener Madeleine Grace</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=23121635434&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n<iframe width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_oPbWfHppE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n\"The harmonies, the attitude, the musicianship. These 3 young ladies absolutely KILL it and do so without breaking a sweat... This trio is probably my personal favorite new act of the year.\" -Red Line Roots (<a href=\"http://redlineroots.com/\">http://redlineroots.com/</a>)\r\n\r\n\"...An impressive, multi-talented, all-female bluegrass group featuring tight soaring harmonies, clever songwriting, and an old timey vibe.\" -Glide Magazine, <a href=\"http://glidemagazine.com/\">http://glidemagazine.com/</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lulawiles.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lulawiles.jpg\" alt=\"lulawiles\" width=\"960\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1698\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLula Wiles are comprised of two fiddles, two guitars, one doghouse bass, and three intertwining voices. Their repertoire reaches across the breadth of American roots music, from centuries-old Appalachian ballads to classic country to contemporary Americana songwriting. At a fiddle camp in the woods of Maine, their shared home state, Ellie and Isa met as kids and began playing songs and traditional fiddle tunes together. As both young women found their way to Boston\'s vibrant acoustic music scene, their electrifying musical chemistry seemed to demand an audience, and they began performing together in early 2013. Lula Wiles were born when upright bassist Mali Obomsawin– a fellow Mainer and fiddle camper schooled in folk, jazz, and pop– joined the band a year later. They bring soul, energy, depth, and effervescent vocal harmonies to honest songs that blend the old and the new. Lula Wiles have performed at One Longfellow Square, Club Passim, Fresh Grass Festival, and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. They were recently named the Red Line Roots \"Favorite Find of 2014,\" and they were awarded a grant from the Iguana Music Fund to make their debut album.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.madeleinegracemusic.com/\">Madeleine Grace</a> opens\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FyGP6AoN-GU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>','Lula Wiles','','publish','open','open','','lula-wiles','','','2016-05-12 17:24:17','2016-05-12 17:24:17','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1695',27,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1634,1,'2015-12-09 22:35:46','2015-12-09 22:35:46','<h2>Della Mae - Friday, Jan 22nd @ 8:00PM </h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19915427580&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n<h2>Rayland Baxter - Sunday, January 31st @ 7:30 PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19648878324&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2015-12-09 22:35:46','2015-12-09 22:35:46','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1635,1,'2015-12-09 22:38:44','2015-12-09 22:38:44','<h2>Friday, Jan 22 at 8PM </h2>\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19915427580&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\n\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/4S9wWGmtAiU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\n\"We were ready to try something new,\" Celia Woodsmith says of Della Mae\'s eponymous third album and second Rounder release.  \"In some ways, this album\'s very different from what we\'ve done previously, but it\'s self-titled because we feel like it sounds as much like us as anything we\'ve ever done.\"\n \nDella Mae expands upon the musical achievements of the group\'s widely acclaimed, Grammy-nominated 2013 breakthrough album This World Oft Can Be, which established the multi-talented female combo as a potent musical force. With a sensitive yet assertive approach that\'s steeped in tradition yet firmly rooted in the present, the four versatile instrumentalist/vocalists draw from a bottomless well of rootsy influences to create vibrantly original music that conveys the band\'s expansive musical vision with timeless lyrical truths and an unmistakably contemporary sensibility that places them alongside such roots-conscious young acts as the Avett Brothers, Punch Brothers, the Lumineers, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.\n \nSince its formation in 2009, the Boston-bred, Nashville-based outfit has established a reputation as a charismatic, hard-touring live act, building a large and enthusiastic fan base while racking up massive amounts of critical acclaim with its first two albums.  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Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nAnais Mitchell - January 22nd\r\n\r\nSmall Houses and Sophie Lane - February 27th\r\n\r\nHeather Maloney - April 11th\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - April 25th\r\n\r\nHaunt the House - May 2nd\r\n\r\nGrace Potter - June 21st\r\n\r\nArc Iris - August 1st\r\n\r\nParsonsfield - August 29th\r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown, Horse Eyed Men - Sept 12th\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 14:54:35','2015-12-23 14:54:35','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1640,1,'2015-12-23 15:00:01','2015-12-23 15:00:01','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\nHeather Maloney - April 11th\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - April 25th\r\n\r\nHaunt the House - May 2nd\r\n\r\nGrace Potter - June 21st\r\n\r\nArc Iris - August 1st\r\n\r\nParsonsfield - August 29th\r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown, Horse Eyed Men - Sept 12th\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 15:00:01','2015-12-23 15:00:01','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1641,1,'2015-12-23 15:14:40','2015-12-23 15:14:40','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nGrace Potter - June 21st\r\n\r\nArc Iris - August 1st\r\n\r\nParsonsfield - August 29th\r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown, Horse Eyed Men - Sept 12th\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 15:14:40','2015-12-23 15:14:40','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1642,1,'2015-12-23 15:21:56','2015-12-23 15:21:56','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about Grace Potter that hasn\'t already been said? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris - August 1st\r\n\r\nParsonsfield - August 29th\r\n\r\nSpirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown, Horse Eyed Men - Sept 12th\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 15:21:56','2015-12-23 15:21:56','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1643,1,'2015-12-23 15:57:22','2015-12-23 15:57:22','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. \r\n\r\n<div id=\"fb-root\"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, \'script\', \'facebook-jssdk\'));</script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><blockquote cite=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"></a><p>After hosting 47 family reunions this summer, it was apropos that the Brooklyn band, Spirit Family Reunion, rocked Earth Sky Time Farm&#039;s incredible 3rd summer concert series last night.</p>Posted by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Wilburton-Inn-Restaurant-165730813443006/\">Wilburton Inn &amp; Restaurant</a> on Sunday, September 13, 2015</blockquote></div></div>\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 15:57:22','2015-12-23 15:57:22','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1645,1,'2015-12-23 16:03:27','2015-12-23 16:03:27','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. \r\n\r\n<div id=\"fb-root\"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, \'script\', \'facebook-jssdk\'));</script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><blockquote cite=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"></a></blockquote></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:03:27','2015-12-23 16:03:27','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1644,1,'2015-12-23 16:02:06','2015-12-23 16:02:06','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. 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Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. \r\n\r\n<div id=\"fb-root\"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, \'script\', \'facebook-jssdk\'));</script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p cite=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/\"></a></p></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\nLissie - Oct 2nd & Oct 3rd\r\n\r\nUpstate Rubdown - November 13th\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY - November 14th','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:03:58','2015-12-23 16:03:58','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1647,1,'2015-12-23 16:15:55','2015-12-23 16:15:55','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get Lissie to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:15:55','2015-12-23 16:15:55','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1648,1,'2015-12-23 16:19:07','2015-12-23 16:19:07','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing Anais Mitchell started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, Heather Maloney stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted Upstate Rubdown in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHaunt the House joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with Grace Potter that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nArc Iris brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host Parsonsfield. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with Spirit Family Reunion, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get Lissie to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHONEYHONEY closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:19:07','2015-12-23 16:19:07','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1649,1,'2015-12-23 16:24:39','2015-12-23 16:24:39','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:24:39','2015-12-23 16:24:39','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1650,1,'2015-12-23 16:26:53','2015-12-23 16:26:53','','sfrbarn','','inherit','open','open','','sfrbarn','','','2015-12-23 16:26:53','2015-12-23 16:26:53','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1651,1,'2015-12-23 16:27:19','2015-12-23 16:27:19','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" width=\"853\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:27:19','2015-12-23 16:27:19','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1652,1,'2015-12-23 16:27:50','2015-12-23 16:27:50','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed.\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:27:50','2015-12-23 16:27:50','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1653,1,'2015-12-23 16:38:04','2015-12-23 16:38:04','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Thanks to all of you who come to these shows - without you it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:38:04','2015-12-23 16:38:04','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1654,1,'2015-12-23 16:44:30','2015-12-23 16:44:30','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Thanks to all of you who come to these shows - without you it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 16:44:30','2015-12-23 16:44:30','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1655,1,'2015-12-23 17:11:53','2015-12-23 17:11:53','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our community in the last 12 months. Two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Thanks to all of you who come to these shows - without you it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. Most of all, the band has clearly decided that it\'s cool to be \"entertainers\" and we wholeheartedly agree!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 17:11:53','2015-12-23 17:11:53','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1656,1,'2015-12-23 19:08:39','2015-12-23 19:08:39','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our series in the last 12 months. We\'ve hosted two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Our biggest thanks go out to all of you who come to these shows - without your attendance it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\n<strong>January</strong>\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>February</strong>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<strong>April</strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>May</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>June</strong>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>August</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. Most of all, the band has clearly decided that it\'s cool to be \"entertainers\" and we wholeheartedly agree!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>September</strong>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\n<strong>October</strong>\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>November</strong>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 19:08:39','2015-12-23 19:08:39','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1657,1,'2015-12-23 19:54:27','2015-12-23 19:54:27','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our series in the last 12 months. We\'ve hosted two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Our biggest thanks go out to all of you who come to these shows - without your attendance it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\n<strong>January</strong>\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>February</strong>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<strong>April</strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>May</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>June</strong>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>August</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. Most of all, the band has clearly decided that it\'s cool to be \"entertainers\" and we wholeheartedly agree! Note the Vermont and Bernie/EnoughIsEnough shirts on the band.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>September</strong>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\n<strong>October</strong>\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>November</strong>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  ','2015 Year In Review','','inherit','open','open','','1637-revision-v1','','','2015-12-23 19:54:27','2015-12-23 19:54:27','',1637,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1637-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1658,1,'2015-12-23 20:06:11','2015-12-23 20:06:11','Looking back on the list of shows we hosted in 2015 we can\'t help but be amazed by the level of artistry that has passed through our series in the last 12 months. We\'ve hosted two genuine international stars along with a stellar lineup of musicians that can only be described as incredible - big sounds in small towns indeed. Thanks go out to all the musicians who are willing to travel to Vermont to connect with crowds and share a sense of musical community with all of us. Our biggest thanks go out to all of you who come to these shows - without your attendance it would all be impossible. Here\'s to a wonderful year, looking forward to the next one!\r\n\r\n<strong>January</strong>\r\n\r\nThe ever amazing <a href=\"http://anaismitchell.com/\">Anais Mitchell</a> started the year for us in January. I can\'t think of an artist who has been as consistently brilliant in the last few years. Her trio of releases \"Hadestown\", \"Young Man in American\" and \"xo\" are consistently beautiful and amazing. She stands alongside a handful of others as the best songwriters working today. Here she is with Ben Davis doing our request of \"Flowers\" from \"Hadestown\". So surreal to see Anais, with her tattoo of Eurydice on her arm in front of the original woodcut of the album art by Peter Nevins on the wall.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHaZuiNPJQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>February</strong>\r\n\r\nIn February Jeremy Quentin (<a href=\"http://www.smallhousessing.com/\">Small Houses</a>) came to town. I suppose the winter months lead us into contemplative songwriters and Jeremy really brings a poets voice to the stage.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUanOBgZ4mU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nJeremy was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. Here she is scoring big Billsville points my covering Pearl and the Beard\'s \"Voice In My Throat.\"\r\ne was joined by the effervescent Sophie Lane who at age 14 has without a doubt an amazing future in front of her. \r\n\r\n<strong>April</strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TphSuZlabB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIn April, <a href=\"http://heathermaloney.com/\">Heather Maloney</a> stopped by with her brand new band. Heather\'s popularity is soaring as her strong stage presence and clear exuberance wash over audiences who come to see her play. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VQ1h94dQHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe> \r\n\r\nAt the end of April we hosted <a href=\"http://upstaterubdown.com/\">Upstate Rubdown</a> in what would prove to be their first of three shows with us during the year. Why? Unbridled fun and joy on stage is why. It\'s hard to think of another band that is as immediately likable as these folks. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JyPW2Cz6ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>May</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://hauntthehouse.bandcamp.com/\">Haunt the House</a> joined us in May as one of their last shows before an appearance on the Newport Folk Festival stage. Will Houlihan brings a spirituality and passion to his music that\'s palpable. Rarely has music felt so right for us.  \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_R8xhP2CDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>June</strong>\r\n\r\nWhat can we say about an evening with <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> that can describe what we all felt? From what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. Grace spent the month opening for the Rolling Stones, sharing the stage with Mick Jagger on \"Gimmie Shelter\" and playing with Kenny Chesney in Green Bay for about 80,000 people. In the middle of that she spent two hours on stage at our house sharing her talent along with Benny Yurco and Matt Burr. This one will be hard to replicate - what a night!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aA8P0SFyesI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>August</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.arcirismusic.com/\">Arc Iris</a> brought serious musical chops and a Bowie/Zappa flavor to Vermont in August that helped us break out of our Americana highway rut. This band can play anything from spaced out jams to Dixieland to Alt-Country, truly an amazing show. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Arc-Iris/Billsville-2015/i-vGdrpsJ/0/L/ArcIris_Billsville_PBN_3486-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nThe next day the band hung around and worked up a version of Hall & Oates \"Rich Girl\" from scratch in the living room. How wonderful to be witness to this kind of artistic creativity.\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w25xBN_TUcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nAt the end of August we built an outdoor stage in our backyard to host <a href=\"http://www.parsonsfield.com/\">Parsonsfield</a>. Their infectious brand of sing-along participation drew the whole crowd in on a beautiful late summer night. Most of all, the band has clearly decided that it\'s cool to be \"entertainers\" and we wholeheartedly agree! Note the Vermont and Bernie/EnoughIsEnough shirts on the band.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/WyxyH-mmrFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>September</strong>\r\n\r\nWe partnered with the crew at Earth Sky Time Community Farm and built a stage out of hay bales and plywood for a magical barn dance night with <a href=\"http://www.spiritfamilyreunion.com/\">Spirit Family Reunion</a>, Upstate Rubdown and The Horse Eyed Men. We printed #Bernie T-Shirts and ate amazing good. Seriously, we can\'t think of a better community event than this one. We were all so busy singing and dancing that we\'ve got very little media from the night. Horse Eyed Men were a great fun opener and Upstate Rubdown showed up for a smoking late night set. Spirit Family Reunion were, as always, the personification of the reason we all love music in the first place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sfrbarn.jpg\" alt=\"sfrbarn\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1650\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere is a <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/165730813443006/videos/1183548261661251/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&app_id=6628568379\">pretty rocking video on Facebook</a> for you.\r\n\r\n<strong>October</strong>\r\n\r\nWe\'d been hoping against hope to get <a href=\"http://www.lissie.com/\">Lissie</a> to stop by for about four years now and somehow we were able to pull off not one but two shows! Lissie spends much of her performing time in Europe selling out venues everywhere so a show at our place was really a special treat. We had folks drive three or four hours for this one and it was well worth it. I remember listening to Lissie\'s first Daytrotter sessions back in the day and being enchanted with her voice. To have her sing in our living room was otherworldly.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dGphr5_F9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>November</strong>\r\n\r\nHard to say no to Upstate Rubdown who wanted to come back for a fall show. So many folks were impressed with them at the Spirit Family Reunion show that we just had to bring them back. Here they are doing a version of Mountain Man\'s \"How Am i Doing?\"\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/165YBRXYIPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honeyhoneyband.com/\">HONEYHONEY</a> closed out the year by once again delivering a stellar show. This one sold out four hours after announcing it and we had a waitlist of 50 people. Sorry we couldn\'t get everyone in but those of you who were there no what it was about. Classic tunes, amazing talent and an incredible finish to a stellar year.\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmDPPCqDfTE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDidn\'t hurt that they brought Sonya Kitchell to open - her sweet passionate singing is always a treat. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/boDsR3-pfmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to Nancy for many of these videos - she created a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCVHPI27BQl3Pj0VF-m0GvU\">YouTube Billsville Playlist</a> where you can while away the hours watching videos from our series.  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Swain, of course, was one half of Brown Bird, the much-beloved indie-folk duo that abruptly stopped performing two years ago when Swain\'s musical and real-life partner, David Lamb, was diagnosed with leukemia. Despite an outpouring of support from musicians and music fans around the country, Lamb eventually lost his battle with the disease. Swain, meanwhile, devoted herself to the release of \"Axis Mundi,\" an album of new and old Brown Bird songs recorded during the last months of Lamb\'s life. Now Swain has reemerged with a new group,\r\n\r\nThe Huntress and Holder of Hands, and a new sound to match — one that largely avoids the old-time blues and country influences that were Lamb\'s stock in trade in favor of spare, harmony-driven tunes that explore themes of loss, memory and resilience in the face of adversity. At least some of that new sound is due to the talented group of musicians that Swain has enlisted, a group that includes Vio/Mire cellist Emily Dix Thomas, bassist (and occasional Deer Tick vocalist) Liz Eisenberg and drummer Rachel Blumberg. Still, Swain is clearly the group\'s guiding force, and, judging by the handful of songs The Huntress has released on the music-streaming site Bandcamp, that\'s a good thing.\r\n-  Bill Van Siclen (Providence Journal)','The Huntress and Holder of Hands','','publish','open','open','','the-huntress-and-holder-of-hands','','','2016-03-09 21:33:22','2016-03-09 21:33:22','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1662',32,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1663,1,'2016-01-03 18:32:36','2016-01-03 18:32:36','','morganeve','','inherit','open','open','','morganeve','','','2016-01-03 18:32:36','2016-01-03 18:32:36','',1662,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/morganeve.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1664,1,'2016-01-03 18:54:06','2016-01-03 18:54:06','<h2>Saturday - March 5th @ 8PM</h2>\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=20387954922&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\n\nMembers: MorganEve Swain with live musicians:\n\nEmily Dix Thomas- cello, vocals\nEmily Shaw- electric bass, shaker, vocals\nLiz Isenberg- double bass, vocals\nRachel Blumberg- drums, vocals\nRachel Rosenkrantz- electric bass, vocals\n\n[bandcamp width=350 height=622 album=2005781605 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 package=1418789209]\n\nThe Huntress and Holder of Hands, a fledgling ensemble that has yet to release its first album - yet while the name may be unfamiliar, The Huntress isn\'t exactly an unknown quantity.\n\nIn fact, many local music fans will be familiar with at least of some of the personnel, beginning with the band\'s founder and musical leader MorganEve Swain. Swain, of course, was one half of Brown Bird, the much-beloved indie-folk duo that abruptly stopped performing two years ago when Swain\'s musical and real-life partner, David Lamb, was diagnosed with leukemia. Despite an outpouring of support from musicians and music fans around the country, Lamb eventually lost his battle with the disease. Swain, meanwhile, devoted herself to the release of \"Axis Mundi,\" an album of new and old Brown Bird songs recorded during the last months of Lamb\'s life. Now Swain has reemerged with a new group,\n\nThe Huntress and Holder of Hands, and a new sound to match — one that largely avoids the old-time blues and country influences that were Lamb\'s stock in trade in favor of spare, harmony-driven tunes that explore themes of loss, memory and resilience in the face of adversity. At least some of that new sound is due to the talented group of musicians that Swain has enlisted, a group that includes Vio/Mire cellist Emily Dix Thomas, bassist (and occasional Deer Tick vocalist) Liz Eisenberg and drummer Rachel Blumberg. Still, Swain is clearly the group\'s guiding force, and, judging by the handful of songs The Huntress has released on the music-streaming site Bandcamp, that\'s a good thing.\n-  Bill Van Siclen (Providence Journal)','The Huntress and Holder of Hands','','inherit','open','open','','1662-autosave-v1','','','2016-01-03 18:54:06','2016-01-03 18:54:06','',1662,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1662-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1692,1,'2016-03-07 01:05:06','2016-03-07 01:05:06','<h2>Parsonsfield - Saturday, March 26th @ 8PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=22367020360&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2016-03-07 01:05:06','2016-03-07 01:05:06','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1665,1,'2016-01-03 18:57:14','2016-01-03 18:57:14','<h2>Della Mae - Friday, Jan 22nd @ 8:00PM </h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19915427580&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n<h2>Rayland Baxter - Sunday, January 31st @ 7:30 PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=19648878324&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n<h2>The Huntress and Holder of Hands - Saturday, March 5th @ 8PM</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=20387954922&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>','Tickets','','inherit','open','open','','52-revision-v1','','','2016-01-03 18:57:14','2016-01-03 18:57:14','',52,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/52-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1666,1,'2016-01-04 15:33:24','2016-01-04 15:33:24','<h2>Saturday - February 27th @ 8PM</h2>\r\n\r\nBack in April of 2011 Joe Pug was our first ever Billsville headliner. He put on a show that we won\'t soon forget and we\'re thrilled to have him back almost four years later. Joe\'s star has risen high during the years and he remains one of the best songwriters working today. The care and craft he puts into songs is obvious - join us for a warm night that you won\'t forget.\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening the night will be locals William Seeders Mosheim and Carling Berkhout</strong>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><iframe  src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=20417324768&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #dddddd; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/giVRO9r5Kjg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/z6n2lgDLRRg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nIf the opening notes on Joe Pug’s new LP “Windfall” are a bit disorienting, his fans won’t likely be surprised.  The Austin, TX singer songwriter has made a habit of defying expectations so the piano-driven “Bright Beginnings” and the atmospheric rumination of “Great Hosannas” are just further indication that he’s quite comfortable stepping outside of the guy-with-a-guitar trappings of the genre.\r\n\r\nHis rise has been as improbable as it has been impressive.  After dropping out of college and taking on work as a carpenter in Chicago, he got his musical start by providing CDs for his fans to pass along to their friends. This led to a string of sold out shows and a record deal with Nashville indie Lightning Rod Records (Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver).  As he toured behind “Messenger” (2010) and The Great Despiser (2012) it was with a band that looked as much like a jazz trio as an Americana band.  “I never quite found a live band that captured what I was aiming for until I connected with Greg [Tuohey–electric guitar] and Matt [Schuessler–upright bass].  It was an arrangement that maybe didn’t make a ton of sense on paper but 10 minutes into the first rehearsal I knew this was going to be my band.”  The following years would have them on the road for over four hundred shows, including stops at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and The Newport Folk Festival.\r\n\r\nThe relentless grind of four years of nonstop touring had taken its toll though, and by late 2013 he was ready to call it quits.  The tour that fall was a runaway success but his personal and creative lives were a different story.  “It was this surreal dichotomy. Everyone kept congratulating me on how well the tour was going, and the mood was probably the best it had ever been on the road. We finally got two hotel rooms in each city instead of one. We’ve got this incredible group of die-hard fans that somehow make each show bigger than our previous trip through town. Meanwhile my relationship was in shambles and creatively I was at a dead end.  There was absolutely no joy left in playing music.  So we walked off stage after a particular show when I played terribly, and pulled my manager aside in the green room and told him to cancel the rest of the tour dates and that I was essentially through.”\r\n\r\nBut studio time was already scheduled and deadlines had been set for a new record, so after a few weeks Pug was back to the business of writing songs. “In retrospect, I was in a very unhealthy place. I was sitting in a room with the blinds shut and a notebook, forcing out words that weren’t there and drinking astonishing amounts of bourbon. I was looking at it as a job….as a business obligation, and that is a very slippery slope.”   At that point he decided to make good on his promise from the previous tour. The album was put on indefinite hold. “I just needed to start behaving like a human being again.  I needed to reconnect with my girlfriend. I needed to eat healthy food.  I needed to go enjoy live music as a fan. I really needed to make sure I still loved making music, because I really had my doubts at that point.”\r\n\r\nThe resulting layoff paid dividends in spades. When Pug set up camp in Lexington KY in 2014 to record, he did so with some of the best songs he has ever written.  The agenda was much simpler than previous albums. “The aim on this one was very straightforward.  We wanted to capture the music just the way we play it, with minimal production.  It was a very back to basics approach because ultimately that’s what I love about music, and that’s what I love about making music. I wanted to record these songs the way they were written and put them out in the world.”  The result is a collection of songs that are as close as we’ve gotten to a road map to Pug’s ambitions. He has collected plenty of the requisite Dylan comparisons over his young career but on this record it’s easier to hear the sway of more contemporary influences like Josh Ritter, Ryan Adams and M.Ward.\r\n\r\nThe theme of resilience plays a central role throughout Windfall.  The weary protagonist in “Veteran Fighter” wills his way further down the highway despite the gloom that seems certain to overtake him.  “The Measure”, a song inspired in part by Frederic Buechner’s novel Godric, marvels at  “every inch of anguish, laid out side by side” but ultimately finds that “All we’ve lost is nothing to what we’ve found.”    “I never really write songs with a specific narrative in mind,” Pug explains. “When you’re sort of pushing through a dark period of your life it’s probably inevitable that some of that is going to find its way onto the page.  But in the same way, by the time we were in the studio the process had become very effortless and joyful. And hopefully you can hear a lot of that on the record as well.” This duality appears perhaps most overtly in the album-closing stunner “If Still It Can’t Be Found”, which features Pat Sansone of Wilco guesting on mellotron.\r\n\r\nIf it’s not around this corner it’s around the next\r\nIf it’s not beyond this river it’s beyond the next\r\nAnd if still it can’t be found\r\nIt’s prob’ly for the best\r\n\r\nAs the saying goes, “All’s well that ends well.”  Joe Pug didn’t call it quits after all.  He’s engaged to be married and still drinks bourbon on occasion.  His new album, Windfall, will be released March 10, 2015 on Lightning Rod Records in the US and Loose Music in Europe.','Joe Pug In Vermont','','publish','open','open','','joe-pug-in-vermont','','','2016-02-03 17:06:28','2016-02-03 17:06:28','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1666',21,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1667,1,'2016-01-04 15:32:25','2016-01-04 15:32:25','','joepug_toddroeth02','','inherit','open','open','','joepug_toddroeth02','','','2016-01-04 15:32:25','2016-01-04 15:32:25','',1666,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/joepug_toddroeth02.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1668,1,'2016-01-04 15:38:27','2016-01-04 15:38:27','Back in April of 2011 Joe Pug was our first ever Billsville headliner. He put on a show that we won\'t soon forget and we\'re thrilled to have him back almost four years later. Joe\'s star has risen high during the years and he remains one of the best songwriters working today. The care and craft he puts into songs is obvious - join us for a warm night that you won\'t forget.\n\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/giVRO9r5Kjg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nIf the opening notes on Joe Pug’s new LP “Windfall” are a bit disorienting, his fans won’t likely be surprised.  The Austin, TX singer songwriter has made a habit of defying expectations so the piano-driven “Bright Beginnings” and the atmospheric rumination of “Great Hosannas” are just further indication that he’s quite comfortable stepping outside of the guy-with-a-guitar trappings of the genre.\n\nHis rise has been as improbable as it has been impressive.  After dropping out of college and taking on work as a carpenter in Chicago, he got his musical start by providing CDs for his fans to pass along to their friends. This led to a string of sold out shows and a record deal with Nashville indie Lightning Rod Records (Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver).  As he toured behind “Messenger” (2010) and The Great Despiser (2012) it was with a band that looked as much like a jazz trio as an Americana band.  “I never quite found a live band that captured what I was aiming for until I connected with Greg [Tuohey–electric guitar] and Matt [Schuessler–upright bass].  It was an arrangement that maybe didn’t make a ton of sense on paper but 10 minutes into the first rehearsal I knew this was going to be my band.”  The following years would have them on the road for over four hundred shows, including stops at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and The Newport Folk Festival.\n\nThe relentless grind of four years of nonstop touring had taken its toll though, and by late 2013 he was ready to call it quits.  The tour that fall was a runaway success but his personal and creative lives were a different story.  “It was this surreal dichotomy. Everyone kept congratulating me on how well the tour was going, and the mood was probably the best it had ever been on the road. We finally got two hotel rooms in each city instead of one. We’ve got this incredible group of die-hard fans that somehow make each show bigger than our previous trip through town. Meanwhile my relationship was in shambles and creatively I was at a dead end.  There was absolutely no joy left in playing music.  So we walked off stage after a particular show when I played terribly, and pulled my manager aside in the green room and told him to cancel the rest of the tour dates and that I was essentially through.”\n\nBut studio time was already scheduled and deadlines had been set for a new record, so after a few weeks Pug was back to the business of writing songs. “In retrospect, I was in a very unhealthy place. I was sitting in a room with the blinds shut and a notebook, forcing out words that weren’t there and drinking astonishing amounts of bourbon. I was looking at it as a job….as a business obligation, and that is a very slippery slope.”   At that point he decided to make good on his promise from the previous tour. The album was put on indefinite hold. “I just needed to start behaving like a human being again.  I needed to reconnect with my girlfriend. I needed to eat healthy food.  I needed to go enjoy live music as a fan. I really needed to make sure I still loved making music, because I really had my doubts at that point.”\n\nThe resulting layoff paid dividends in spades. When Pug set up camp in Lexington KY in 2014 to record, he did so with some of the best songs he has ever written.  The agenda was much simpler than previous albums. “The aim on this one was very straightforward.  We wanted to capture the music just the way we play it, with minimal production.  It was a very back to basics approach because ultimately that’s what I love about music, and that’s what I love about making music. I wanted to record these songs the way they were written and put them out in the world.”  The result is a collection of songs that are as close as we’ve gotten to a road map to Pug’s ambitions. He has collected plenty of the requisite Dylan comparisons over his young career but on this record it’s easier to hear the sway of more contemporary influences like Josh Ritter, Ryan Adams and M.Ward.\n\nThe theme of resilience plays a central role throughout Windfall.  The weary protagonist in “Veteran Fighter” wills his way further down the highway despite the gloom that seems certain to overtake him.  “The Measure”, a song inspired in part by Frederic Buechner’s novel Godric, marvels at  “every inch of anguish, laid out side by side” but ultimately finds that “All we’ve lost is nothing to what we’ve found.”    “I never really write songs with a specific narrative in mind,” Pug explains. “When you’re sort of pushing through a dark period of your life it’s probably inevitable that some of that is going to find its way onto the page.  But in the same way, by the time we were in the studio the process had become very effortless and joyful. And hopefully you can hear a lot of that on the record as well.” This duality appears perhaps most overtly in the album-closing stunner “If Still It Can’t Be Found”, which features Pat Sansone of Wilco guesting on mellotron.\n\nIf it’s not around this corner it’s around the next\nIf it’s not beyond this river it’s beyond the next\nAnd if still it can’t be found\nIt’s prob’ly for the best\n\nAs the saying goes, “All’s well that ends well.”  Joe Pug didn’t call it quits after all.  He’s engaged to be married and still drinks bourbon on occasion.  His new album, Windfall, will be released March 10, 2015 on Lightning Rod Records in the US and Loose Music in Europe.','Joe Pug In Vermont','','inherit','open','open','','1666-autosave-v1','','','2016-01-04 15:38:27','2016-01-04 15:38:27','',1666,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/1666-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1683,1,'2016-02-03 14:50:11','2016-02-03 14:50:11','<h2>Joe Pug - Saturday. 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Enjoy!\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/j8Pn2rsDUjs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nTo make sure you don\'t miss our one of a kind shows in a one of a kind place - subscribe to the email list at the bottom of this page!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','Grace Potter and Jen Crowell duet on \"Nothing But The Water (I)\" at Billsville','','publish','open','open','','grace-potter-and-jen-crowell-duet-on-nothing-but-the-water-i-at-billsville','','','2016-01-06 19:42:55','2016-01-06 19:42:55','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?p=1675',0,'post','',0),(1676,1,'2016-01-06 19:32:30','2016-01-06 19:32:30','Last June, <a href=\"http://www.gracepotter.com/\">Grace Potter</a> dropped by to play a one of a kind show for us - our 75th as a venue. \r\n\r\nFrom what we can tell - this is the smallest \"non-promo\" show Grace has played in about eight years. We had to keep this one on the down low for obvious reasons. 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These 3 young ladies absolutely KILL it and do so without breaking a sweat... This trio is probably my personal favorite new act of the year.\" -Red Line Roots (<a href=\"http://redlineroots.com/\">http://redlineroots.com/</a>)\n\n\"...An impressive, multi-talented, all-female bluegrass group featuring tight soaring harmonies, clever songwriting, and an old timey vibe.\" -Glide Magazine, <a href=\"http://glidemagazine.com/\">http://glidemagazine.com/</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lulawiles.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lulawiles.jpg\" alt=\"lulawiles\" width=\"960\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1698\" /></a>\n\nLula Wiles are comprised of two fiddles, two guitars, one doghouse bass, and three intertwining voices. Their repertoire reaches across the breadth of American roots music, from centuries-old Appalachian ballads to classic country to contemporary Americana songwriting. At a fiddle camp in the woods of Maine, their shared home state, Ellie and Isa met as kids and began playing songs and traditional fiddle tunes together. As both young women found their way to Boston\'s vibrant acoustic music scene, their electrifying musical chemistry seemed to demand an audience, and they began performing together in early 2013. Lula Wiles were born when upright bassist Mali Obomsawin– a fellow Mainer and fiddle camper schooled in folk, jazz, and pop– joined the band a year later. They bring soul, energy, depth, and effervescent vocal harmonies to honest songs that blend the old and the new. Lula Wiles have performed at One Longfellow Square, Club Passim, Fresh Grass Festival, and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. 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text-align:left;\"><iframe src=\"//eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=28617073437&ref=etckt\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"545\" width=\"100%\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"5\" marginwidth=\"5\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><div style=\"font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:12px; padding:10px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;\" ><a class=\"powered-by-eb\" style=\"color: #ADB0B6; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/\">Powered by Eventbrite</a></div></div>\r\n\r\n\r\nVocalist, singer/songwriter, and guitarist Syd Straw first made a name for herself as part of the Golden Palominos, a band led by Anton Fier that enjoyed a cult following in the 1980s. Her Capricorn Records debut, War and Peace, was released in 1996, and since then, her unique blend of folk-rock and blues-rock has found a home with Triple A (adult album alternative) radio stations and their audiences around the country.\r\n\r\nStraw released Surprise in 1990 to good reviews. That recording chronicled Straw\'s emergence as a songwriter; she had thought of herself primarily as a song interpreter before that. On Surprise, Straw was joined by Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), John Doe (X), Ry Cooder, Daniel Lanois, Don Was, Richard Thompson, and Marshall Crenshaw.  \r\n\r\nStraw was raised in Los Angeles, the daughter of Hollywood film and TV actor Jack Straw, best-known for his starring role in The Pajama Game. She was drawn to the life of a performer, and after high school, she headed straight for Manhattan, arriving in New York in 1978. Shortly after that, she landed her first job singing harmonies for Pat Benatar, and later joined the Golden Palominos\' ever-changing lineup, which also included Michael Stipe and Matthew Sweet. Straw can be heard on the Palominos\' Visions Of Excess and Blast of Silence albums. She also toured the U.S. and Europe with the band, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival one year.  \r\n\r\n\r\nIn the midst of promoting and touring for War and Peace, Straw has kept up her profile as a scenemaker, sitting in at clubs and lending her gifted musical sensibilities to records by Vic Chesnutt, Wilco, Rickie Lee Jones, David Sanborn, and Evan Dando. A version of her song \'Howl\' served as the title cut for a film by Eric Stoltz, Sleep with Me. \r\n\r\nStraw was the first female singer signed by Capricorn, a roots rock and blues label based in Nashville. On War and Peace, she\'s accompanied by a gifted bar band from Missouri, Lou Whitney & the Skeletons, and she recorded the album without a lot of extras at their studio off Route 66 in Springfield, MO. On the album, Straw addresses themes ranging from love and the lack of it on a track by the same name, \"Love and the Lack of It,\'\' as well as loneliness, as on \"All Things Change.\'\'  \r\n\r\nStraw is an enormously gifted vocalist and songwriter who has her own distinct musical vision, as evidenced on her self-produced War and Peace. That vision is a rootsy one, with lots of country and blues influences. The 14 originals on the record prove it. Although she didn\'t set out to, she also plays rhythm guitar on many of the tracks on the album. Straw says with the biography accompanying War and Peace that she doesn\'t see the album as a \"comeback\'\' at all, \"because things have been constantly busy and changing for me since Surprise came out. But I really threw myself into the new record in a way that I haven\'t been inspired to do for a long time.\'\' Great records and a wider following are in the offing for this unique, multi-genre vocalist and songwriter. She released her third album, Pink Velour, in 2008.\r\n\r\n','Syd Straw','','publish','open','open','','syd-straw','','','2016-11-21 15:06:25','2016-11-21 15:06:25','',0,'http://www.billsvillehouseconcerts.com/?post_type=okay-portfolio&#038;p=1739',25,'okay-portfolio','',0),(1789,1,'2017-01-06 21:05:27','2017-01-06 21:05:27','<h2>Saturday, March 11th @ 8PM</h2>\n\n\n\n\n<strong>MADAILA - /mə deɪ lə/, [muh DEY luh] - proper noun - a psych pop band from Burlington, VT.</strong>\n\nPsych pop juggernaut Madaila is upbeat, synth­-heavy, and catchy. Vocal skill and range are immediately apparent. But in the tradition of Prince and more recently Frank Ocean, an ornateness and heaviness expose Madaila\'s complexity and depth. Tight arrangements and multi-­instrumental performances showcase musical minds at work.\n\nWhen Madaila is on stage, spontaneous expression and contagious melody coexist. The freakier elements of the band come to the surface as the five-­piece explores the deeper possibilities lying within their concise-recorded material. The band’s improvisational power gives each song the capacity to have its form pushed to the edges of comfort, or uplifting peaks.\n\nMadaila released its debut, “The Dance”, in 2015. The band generated buzz with large hometown shows held on a ferry, in Burlington’s City Hall, and in an aquarium. Madaila has shared the stage with artists such as BØRNS, Mac DeMarco, Grace Potter, Big Gigantic, Delicate Steve, Deer Tick, Matisyahu, Twiddle and Rubblebucket; and played at festivals such as Mountain Jam, Frendly Gathering, Grand Point North, Waking Windows, Otis Mountain & Burlington Discover Jazz. Madaila is part of Future Fields, an artist­-run label and management group based in Burlington, Vermont that includes Kelly Ravin, Iron Eyes Cody, & The Precepts. Madaila’s sophomore release, \"Traces\", was released on November 4th, 2016.\n\nNOTE : While we may have some seating this show is likely to be a standing/dancing event with some limited sight lines. 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