http://www.amyblacklive.com Boston's favorite live roots music band - playing blues, bluegrass and old time country music. -- A Boston Globe "Best Bet!" Sun, 24 May 2009 17:18:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you miss our Bull Run show in March -- or did you enjoy it so much that you want more? :) Well, we've got great video from the night's performance to share with you. We've loaded them up right here on the website click here to watch. Or you can ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2009/05/new-video-from-march-bull-run-show/ I went to dinner at the new Village Smokehouse restaurant in Lowell this past weekend. It's the sister restaurant of the well-known Village Smokehouse in Brookline. I noticed they have live music on Thursday nights and I thought, "Hey! My band goes perfect with BBQ" and chatted with the manager. The long ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2009/04/new-gig-village-smokehouse-in-lowell-may-7/ The band and I will be playing at a great event coming up on April 26 at Romaine's Restaurant in Northboro, MA. Richard Romaine and friends are a throwing a big party to raise money to help children with autism. While I would like to say that they best part is the ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2009/03/new-gig-benefit-bbq-for-children-with-autism/ Our next show at the Bull Run in Shirley, MA is only a few weeks away--Saturday, March 28. I recently got the CD from our show in September. Take a listen! I've updated my MySpace page with five live songs. Listen here. The band and I have a great show prepared ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2009/03/live-recordings-from-the-fall-bull-run-show-new-songs-for-march-show/ Amy Black and the Red Clay Rascal's next show is on March 28 at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Mass. We should be safe from snow at that point. Of course, you never know in New England! I'm fired up about this show. We are going to perform some new ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2009/01/new-bull-run-show-and-new-music-march-28/ For starters, we had a great show last night at J.P. O'Hanlon's in Ayer. We packed the house with 60 people (max capacity) and had a ton of fun. Thanks to a few fired up folks in the audience who got the whole crowd going, we did our first double ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2008/12/whats-new-all-kinds-of-stuff/ Looking to get out of the house and have some fun? Come out and see me and the band on December 6 at J.P. O'Hanlon's in Ayer, Mass. It's a great venue, everyone gets a good seat and you'll love the food. Please call 978-772-9282 to reserve your seats. Seating ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2008/11/new-show-december-6-at-jp-ohanlons/ If you've been to one of my shows, you've heard Fred Bement go to town on the harmonica. The guy can play! Well Fred recently connected me with a friend of his who was interested in collaborating. His name is Jeff Purchon. He's the nicest guy and is an incredibly ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2008/11/going-electric-at-the-acton-jazz-cafe-blues-jam/ One thing I've learned about musicians is that they usually have several different "projects" going on at the same time. This means that they play in a number of bands. I've become one of those people and I have to admit, it's kind of fun. You have your main focus, ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2008/10/playing-with-the-goodtime-stringband-on-november-15/ I've been a bad blogger. I haven't written since September 25. I do have some good excuses though. I just started a new job (I'm a marketer by day and some times by night too) and have been pretty focused on that. AND I've been waiting ... http://www.amyblacklive.com/2008/10/bull-run-show-a-success-whats-next/