*Sandy Hook resident DARRYL GREGORY will be performing two sets of his original songs at Molten Java this weekend. Darryl’s show will begin at 8 at 102 Greenwood Avenue in Bethel.

*Also this weekend — tonight, in fact — Newtown resident JIM ALLYN will be back at The Blue Z Coffee House on South Main Street. Jim and some friends will begin their show around 8.

*LAURA SUMNER returns to Mocha Coffee House in Sandy Hook tonight, with plans to perform a “slightly stripped down acoustic rendering of [her … ‘dreamy’] album” Dreamology, her first recording. Showtime is 8 pm.

Tomorrow night Mocha will welcome jazz a cappella vocalist AMANDA BLOOM, who lists everyone from Jeff Buckley and Jewel to Radiohead and Aphex Twin as influences. Hers will also be an 8 pm show.

Southbury based singer-songwriter PHIL BOWLES, who performs acoustic folk, rock and indie music, will open the music area at Mocha next weekend, offering an acoustic show at 8 pm Friday.

*OLD SCHOOL will return to Proud Mary’s next weekend, playing a Friday night show that will get going around 8.

Until next week, I’ll be seeing you… on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141. Shows listed at clubs are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

JANUARY 22 — Jym Allen & Friends at The Blue Z Coffee House, Newtown; Laura Sumner at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; The Bernadettes at The Georgetown Saloon, Redding;

January 23 — Amanda Bloom at Mocha Coffee House; Darryl Gregory at Molten Java, Bethel; The Marshall Tucker Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Old School Revue at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 28 — bluegrass & beer featuring Hoe at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport;

January 29 — Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Phil Bowles at Mocha Coffee House; Blues Patrol at The Georgetown Saloon; JD Souther at Infinity Music Hall; Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues, Hartford; Chuck Wicks at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

January 30 — Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon; Marshall Crenshaw at Infinity Music Hall