Lizzie Rose
Music Room

Ryan Lee Crosby's new album "At the Blue Front" (featuring Grammy nominated bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes) offers a haunting, hypnotic meld of Bentonia and Hill Country blues. Recorded on reel to reel tape over two afternoons at Holmes’ iconic Bentonia Mississippi juke joint, the album was produced, recorded and mixed by Crosby, with a selection of original compositions, traditional repertoire and fully improvised songs.

 

Ryan finds deep inspiration and spiritual refuge in Bentonia, where he has been mentored for six years by Holmes, the man who is widely regarded as the last living master of the style. Blending reverence for tradition with a modern, trance-inducing approach, Crosby's process is informed by diverse influences that include Indian raga, ambient music and post-punk rock. For Crosby, all these seemingly disparate threads weave together through the meditative power of the blues. This is a trip back in time to the origins of the blues,it's raw, honest and authentic.

 

 

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Thur. April  2nd, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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30.00 Advance , 40.00 at Door​

A powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul, roots rock outfit from Toronto, Canada; the band is comprised of Meghan Parnell (vocals), Dave Barnes (guitar), Bruce McCarthy (drums), Mike Meusel (bass), newest member, John Kervin (keys), Stephen Dyte (trumpet) and Julian Nalli (tenor sax).

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In 2024, Bywater Call was UK Blues Award nominated for International Blues Artist of the year alongside winners Larkin Poe, after having toured extensively in Europe. This year, the band has been short-listed into the top 20 for the same award among many notables in the genre including Larkin Poe, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Beth Hart, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, Samantha Fish, Bobby Rush and other notables in the genre.

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The band’s music is an exploration of life’s highs and lows.  From intimate ballads that lay bare the complexities of human emotion to electrifying anthems that demand to be played at full volume, their catalogue is a journey through the human experience, incorporating influences from the likes of The Band, The Wood Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Otis Redding, Little Feat, Sly and the Family Stone, among others

 

 

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Fri. April  3rd, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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40.00 Advance , 60.00 at Door​

Bernard Purdie
The World's Most Recorded Drummer

Which musician did Aretha Franklin definitely NOT want missing from the line-up when she recorded her most inspired albums at the beginning of the seventies Who provided the back-beat for Steely Dan's "Aja", and for whom have Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, "Sweet" Lou Donaldson, Joe Cocker and Hank Crawford reserved that stool behind the drum kit? The list is incomplete, it must be, because no other drummer in the last three decades has seen the interior of a recording studio as often as Bernard "Pretty" Purdie.  Purdie has laid down the beat on over 3000 albums to date.

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Dave Keyes
Dave has played with some of the most important figures of blues, roots and folk music, having had long musical relationships with Odetta, David Johansen, Bo Diddley, rockabilly legend Sleepy LaBeef and gospel great Marie Knight among many others.

Chris Bergson
Chris Bergson is an internationally acclaimed American born guitarist, singer, and songwriter. “Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on – it’s B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield.” (ROLL Magazine) Hailed as “the New York street poet with a blues soul” (MOJO) and “one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music.

Ellis Hooks  is an American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter, who has released six albums to date.
The Allmusic journalist, Thom Jurek, noted that Hooks " touches upon Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding, but feels like one of the gritty New York streets Hooks has busked upon.

 

 

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Sat. April  4th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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40.00 Advance , 50.00 at Door​

A sophisticated guitarist, Ty Mares is known for his illustrative blues solos, characterized by colorful chord progressions, and his distinctive vocal style.

As an original artist, Mares fuses every genre from R&B to pop, as well as a vast array of rock, all wrapped up in the whirlwind of jam.

 

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Ty Mares was raised in a military family, and attributes his worldliness, adaptability, and work ethic to the constant traveling he did growing up.

From the age of 13, Mares has studied under principal pianists and jazz guitarists before spending some time studying at Berklee College of Music. No amount of study, however, compares to the time he has spent improvising on stage with Cosmic Jerry Band.

 

For the last decade, he’s made a name for himself all along the Jersey Shore and surrounding cities as a force to be reckoned with on the guitar.

He’s shared the stage with members of Dark Star Orchestra, the Fugees, and Dogs in a Pile, to name a few.

 

 

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Fri. April  10th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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35.00 Advance , 40.00 at Door​

Celebrating the Genius of Neil Young

 

Sugar Mountain brings together an ensemble of veteran musicians from the New Jersey music scene who faithfully replicate the songs of one of our era’s most prolific and beloved singer/songwriters, Neil Young.

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Neil Young’s career spans an amazing five plus decades, from the seminal country rock sounds of Buffalo Springfield and super group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to garage band Crazy Horse and countless genre bending solo releases, spanning everything from folk, country, electronic and hard rock to rockabilly.

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Sugar Mountain brings to life the Neil Young concert experience, covering all of the best known songs, hits and deep cuts that are sure to thrill all, from the most ardent of fans to the casual Neil listener.

 

 

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Sat. April  11th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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45.00 Advance , 55.00 at Door​

GRAMMY®-Nominated Songwriter • Soulful Storyteller • Voice of a Generation: From co-writing the GRAMMY®-nominated classic “We Belong” recorded by Pat Benatar,  to lending his voice to Encanto, Coco, and Family Guy, to writing songs for The Bangles, Dionne Warwick, The Temptations, Dave Edmunds, and more, Dan Navarro has done it all—and done it with heart.

 

His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums from 1990-2008, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500 shows before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in 2012. Dan set out solo in 2006.

 

His newest release is a duet single with 7-time Blues Foundation award winner Janiva Magness in a stirring version of Tom Prasada-Rao's classic “$20 Bill (for George Floyd)”, released August 23, 2024 to all major streaming and download services. 

 

In March 2024, he debuted as a co-producer (with Grammy®-winner Jim Scott) on Jesse Lynn Madera's acclaimed album, “Speed of Sound”, including the touching co-written duet “Last Call”, now making waves at Americana, Folk and Non-Com Triple A radio. The album cracked the FAI Folk Chart March 5, 2024 at #32. Work has already begun on her follow-up, with Dan and Jim again at the helm of her new single, “Make It Out”.

 

 

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Sun. April  12th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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30.00 Advance , 40.00 at Door​

“(Werner is) a songwriter and musician who is in such complete command of her gifts that it’s almost scary.”

— All Music Guide

 

“Susan Werner, a clever songwriter and an engaging performer, brings literacy and wit back to popular song.”

— The New Yorker

 

Over the course of her twenty five year career, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” (Chicago Tribune). With formidable chops on guitar (she began playing at age 5) and piano (she was a guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz), along with a graduate degree in voice performance, her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship.

 

Although best known as an acoustic songwriter that came up through coffeehouses and folk festivals, the Chicago-based artist has written songs in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter (I Can’t Be New, 2004), gospel music (The Gospel Truth, 2007), traditional Cuban “son” (An American In Havana, 2016), and New Orleans junk piano (NOLA, 2019). In 2014 she composed the music and lyrics to the musical theater score Bull Durham, The Musical (MGM). Her songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, Michael Feinstein, and Shemekia Copeland, and her latest recording of originals, The Birds of Florida, took flight in 2022.

 

 

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Thurs. April 16th,  2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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​​​​$55.00 Advance, $65.00 At Door

Shemekia Copeland returns to our stage at the Lizzie Rose Music Room. Her last concert was described as an evening like going to church and coming out fulfilled. Shemekia filled up the Music Room with her incredible vocals and provided her unique mixture of blues and soul jams. She is touring to support her new album "Blame It On Eve" and she played several jams from it including the title song along with jams from her other albums.  This woman can belt out the blues and melt your heart with a soulful ballad. Shemekia is already building a legacy and will eventually be mentioned along with Etta James and Koko Taylor as a female blues icon.

Award-winning blues, soul and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She is beloved worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty and humor of her revelatory music, as well as for delivering each song she performs with unmatched passion. Copeland — winner of the 2021 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year— connects with her audience on an intensely personal level, taking them with her on what The Wall Street Journal calls “a consequential ride” of “bold and timely blues.” NPR Music says Shemekia sings with “punchy defiance and potent conviction.” The Houston Chronicle describes her songs as “resilient pleas for a kinder tomorrow.”

 

 

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Fri. April 17th,  2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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​​​​$85.00 Advance, $95.00 At Door

The Janis Joplin Experience.  With a twinkle in her eye and that rasp in her voice, Lisa Polizzi brings the spirit of Janis Joplin, belting out hit after hit in a heartfelt tribute performance. Her band of seasoned pros recreates the sound that defined a generation,  laying down the soul, and conveying the tender ballads that Janis brought in her short exhilarating career.

 

 

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Sat. April 18th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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​​​​$40.00 Advance, $50.00 At Door

With a coy smile, a wink to the back row, and carefree expertise, they spin their crystalline vocals through a loop pedal while strumming the weathered acoustic guitar they acquired for leading worship in high school. “I don’t believe in much anymore,” they announce to teary-eyed audiences, “except a little bit of everything. And you. And me. And that art can change the world simply by making us feel something.”  

 

LaJoye is a coast-to-coast singer/songwriter and vocal loop artist with Midwest roots, a classically-trained violinist with an inner theater kid’s love of group choreography, and a student of Americana music with a theology degree hanging in their studio. They’ve been writing and touring their own autobiographical folk/pop music for over a decade, but their viral 2021 anthem “Plowshare Prayer” secured them a permanent place in hearts and households across the world, as well as a peculiar career as a veracious songsmith with an unshakeable pastoral presence. Charming and banter-heavy, Spencer’s live performances at theaters, listening rooms, church sanctuaries, backyards, folk festivals, spiritual conferences, and queer clubs keep diverse audiences laughing one moment and weeping the next.

 

 

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Thurs. April 23rd, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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​​​​$25.00 Advance, $35.00 At Door

Merging evocative folk, melodic pop, and an edgier roots rock sensibility, singer/songwriter/guitarist Jonatha Brooke began releasing music in the early 1990s, first as a member of the duo the Story and more enduringly as a solo artist. After four major label releases, she started her own independent label, Bad Dog Records in 1999, and has since released ten more albums - including the companion CD to her critically acclaimed, one woman, Off-Broadway musical, My Mother Has Four Noses.

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Jonatha has co-written and/or produced songs with Katy Perry, The Courtyard Hounds, and Jessica Simpson. She's also written for four Disney films, numerous television shows, and she composed and performed the theme song for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.

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Jonatha was the recipient of a McKnight Artist Fellowship Grant in 2018. She won the 2019 International Acoustic Music Award for Best Female Artist for her song “Put the Gun Down,” and was the competition's overall grand prize winner. And in 2020, she was awarded an Independent Music Award (IMA) for her EP, "Imposte

 

 

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Fri. April 24th, 2026 

 

Doors Open- 7:00 pm

Showtime- 7:30 pm

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​​​​$75.00 Advance, $85.00 At Door