Sorcha Cribben-Merrill – vocals, banjo, guitar
Patia Maule – violin, vocals

Setlist:
Miss Marlene*
If You Get Too Close*
By The Sea
After All
Eye On The Prize**
Hold Me Close
How To Hold On**
Lemon Tree
Dreams Come True **
Moonlight Princess
Beauty and the Mystery ***

* from the CD Laughing & Lamenting.
** Best guess at a title. Let me know if I’m wrong.
*** from the Ramblin’ Red Acorn EP. 

So sorry for the delay on these lately! I’ll see if we can get caught up this week!

Pretty Girls Sing Soprano are:

Susan Bean Mathews
Ingrid Ayer-Richardson
Shelly Hatton Kirkpatrick
David Ames (not present this evening)

Setlist: (songwriters follow in parentheses)

Carey (Joni Mitchell)
Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin)
I’ll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
Bring Me A Little Water, Sylvy (Leadbelly/Paul Campbell)
Vincent Black Lightning ’52 (Richard Thompson)
Home (Karla Bonoff)
Amazing Grace (John Newton)
Deeper Well (Emmylou Harris)
Arlington (The Wailin’ Jennys)
Paradise (John Denver)
Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
Ain’t No Grave (Claude Ely)

Keep up with Pretty Girls Sing Soprano on their Facebook page.

RSO is:

Ryan Owens – vocals, guitar, stomp box, jingle stick, spurs
Sierra – vocals

Setlist:

Bad Luck
Broke Down
I Need Somebody
See
Sell Yourself/Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burnin’
Drowning*
Stick You*
True
Wry
Drag
Ramble On*
Lord, I Just Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes

Notes: You’ll notice that Ryan asks to have Sell Yourself played as the last song. For some reason, it was cut short after less than a minute, so I just left it off. You can get it at the Bandcamp link below.

You can hear more of RSO at the Bandcamp page.

The Running Gags are:
Kevin MacKaye – guitar, bass, vocals
Jonah Bruce – guitar, bass, vocals
Chris deBree – drums, vocals
Dave deBree – sax, vocals

Setlist:
Smoke and Mirrors
Yeah, No
For Crying Out Loud
Love Story
Ms. Direction
Just A Tree
Stupider
Too Loud
Twelve Headed Cat
Simplicity

Catch The Running Gags tonight (April 6) at Bull Feeny’s in Portland, or check their website for details on other upcoming shows. You can also find them in all the usual places too.

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The World’s Finest is:
Erin St. John
Jeff Pellerin
Al Lefebvre

Setlist
Big Ledge Boys
Don’t Tell Me Why
Deep, Deep Swamp
How High, How Low
Both Fall Down*
Don’t Treat Me Strange*
The Pledge Song
Instrumental
Bartender
Sorry, didn’t catch this one
Too Many Times
57 Chevrolet

Notes: If anyone can give me real titles for anything I’ve missed (marked with an * or noted), post a comment. Thanks.

Keep up with The World’s Finest on Facebook.

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Representing the Maine Songwriters Association:
Phil Daligan
Caroline Cotter
Monique Barrett
Adam Nordell

Setlist

* Brown Bird – My Mind Is An Altar (album track)

Phil – Crash & Burn
Caroline – Bella Blue
Adam – Pretty Good Home
Monique – Elea’s Lullaby
Phil – The Rowan Tree
Caroline – Il Est Jaune
Adam – The Morning When We Fled
Monique – Let Go
Phil – St. David’s Day
Caroline – Ruth & Harry
Adam – Ever Rising Arc
Monique – Untitled #1
Phil – West Coast of Scotland
Caroline – A Midnight Escape
Monique – Untitled #2
Adam – Pinyon Pine
Phil – A Woman Like You
Caroline – Um Amor Perfeito

Note: I took a guess at some of the song titles, particularly Phil’s… I’m not sure he mentioned any of them. Let me know if they’re wrong though.

For more information:

Maine Songwriters Association
Phil Daligan: web
Caroline Cotter: web | facebook
Adam Nordell: web | facebook
Monique Barrett: web | facebook

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The Vododeeyos are:

Joel Eckhaus – vocals, ukulele, saw
Tim Findlen – vocals, ukulele, squeeky toys

Setlist:
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (Vododeeyo)
Play a Simple Melody
The Frim-Fram Sauce
When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukulele
Are You Havin’ Any Fun?
Paddlin’ Madeleine Home
Swimmin’ With The Wimmin
Collegiate
Betty Co-Ed
That’s My Weakness Now
Oh, I Heard, Yes I Heard
My Walking Stick

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Truth About Daisies is:

Sheila McKinley – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Doug Swift – guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
Ronda Dale – bass, vocals

Setlist:

John & Mary
Hard Times
Whatcha Doin’
NYC Blues*
Mrs Gilley*
Hard To Do
Fare Thee Well
I Don’t Need You
Civil War**
If She Can Stand It, I Can
La Vie En Rose
Fists of Rage
Black Sheep**
Pink Peonies

* = Studio tracks played from the self-titled album, “Truth About Daisies”. (iTunes link)
** = My best guess at titles, either they didn’t mention them or I just didn’t catch them. Sorry!

Notes: There were in-studio technical difficulties for the first half. I don’t know for sure, but I’ll just say it was my fault.

Find more information on the Truth About Daisies website.

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