PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Press Herald’s music writer Aimsel Ponti joined 207 to give some recommendations for where to go for live music by the end of the month. Here are her comments on the list she compiled and the performers.
Gorham-based U2 tribute band Slaine.
when and where: Friday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.Westbrook’s Frogs and Turtles
tickets: without cover
information: Debut of Maine’s first U2 tribute band!
fantasy road
when and where: 7:30 PM Saturday, March 18 @ Opera House at Boothbay Harbor $25
tickets
information: As my friend Ray Routhier told me, the band includes members who were in other famous Celtic groups such as Cherish the Ladies, Solas and Gaelic Storm. Fiddler Winifred Horan is a National Irish Stepdancer he has won nine times and is also an All-Ireland his fiddle champion. Accordion and flute player John Williams has appeared on the radio shows Mountain Stage and Prairie Home Companion with The Chieftains, Nickel Creek and Riverdance.
Still Williams
when and where: Thursday 23 March 7:30pm Bath Chocolate Church
tickets: $35
information: Dar Williams has been a great singer-songwriter for a decade and I’ve been following her career since the early 90’s.
Mary Fahl
when and where: Friday, March 24, 8pm @ One Longfellow Square
tickets: $30
information: One of the greatest singers of my life. She was in the October Project, a band that put out her two albums in the early to mid-90s.
Dave Mallett & The Mallett Brothers
when and where: Friday, March 31 @ Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield
tickets: $30
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