Chris Scanlon: News

“Coming soon to this Berkshires city: A nine-day antidote to the texting, verbing, and jargoning that threaten to reduce our language to a series of ungainly and perfunctory twitters,” – David Filipov, The Boston Globe.

Next Tuesday night I'll be performing at the Word x Word Fest held in Pittsfield, MA. Headliners include musical acts Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Langhorne Slim, Mike & Ruthy, and spoken word performers Derrick Brown and Rives. They all are among the 60 plus performers who will be in downtown Pittsfield Aug. 21- 29 for the second annual festival, a celebration of words written, spoken, and sung. Pittsfield has become a great town for music in the Berkshires, something the organizers of this festival have clearly tapped into. I hope you can check out the festival and make our set at The Lantern on Tuesday night.

 The Details: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 @ 9:00 PM as part of the Word x Word Festival 

The Lantern  455 North St., Pittsfield, MA 01201  413-448-2717

Go to my new Bandcamp page and receive a free download of "Rogaine", my epic tale of pharmaceutical proportions. Here's the link and enjoy: http://chrisscanlon.bandcamp.com/

Come on out on Friday the 13th of August for a fun night of excellent music featuring Chris Scanlon & The Other Guys, The Original Cowards, and one of my local favorites The Frost Heaves. The Voo is a great place to see a show and has excellent food for pre-show dinner. Hockey mask is optional.

9:30 PM - $3 - The Rendezvous - 78 3rd Street - Turners Falls, MA - 413-863-2866

Join me and The Other Guys for a brand  new music festival happening in downtown Turners Falls June 11 & 12. The Water Under The Bridge Festival features talents from Franklin County and beyond. We'll be playing at the Round Hear Cafe on Friday, June 11 @ 6:00 PM (111 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01349, 413-863-2800.

For more information about the festival click here!

Happy May everyone! We have a show this Saturday night in Shelburne Falls that we hope you can come to...and if you stick around after our set you get to see a classic silent movie with a live soundtrack (see details below). Also brewing in Songwriter Land is my pending purchase of home recording equipment to begin making demos for...MY NEXT ALBUM! No promises on the release date folks, but it's gonna happen. Stay tuned....

Pothole Pictures @ Memorial Hall

51 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

413-625-2580

$6 for adults, $4 for kids under 12

 We'll be playing a set of music before a screening of the silent film classic "The General" staring Buster Keaton, considered by many critics as one of the greatest films ever made. Gideon Freudmann will provide a live original score for the film. Hope you can join us at Pothole Pictures in beautiful downtown Shelburne Falls. Here's a great article about the film in the Valley Advocate

Hope to see you there!

Chris Scanlon & The Other Guys and Span of Sunshine

Friday, April 2nd, 2010, 6:30 PM

The Blue House

Come join us at the Blue House Cafe for a set of music featuring Chris Scanlon & The Other Guys on Friday, April 2. We'll be sharing the evening with Span of Sunshine. This show marks the return of our drummer and all around good guy Willem Sytsma. Kid friendly show: 6:30 PM start time and I promise to keep it clean!

Chris to sit in with Carrie Ferguson @ the Iron Horse Music Hall February 28th!

Two weeks from tonight I'll be joining my friend Carrie Ferguson at the Iron Horse Music Hall to celebrate the release of her new album "Riding on the Back of the Wind". Jose Ayerve (Spouse, Nuclear Waste Management Club) opens the show. Featured in Carrie's band are Jim Henry, J.J. O'Connell (Spouse), Emily Brienes and Paul Kochanski (Fancy Trash). Tickets are going fast....hope you can be there!

To buy tickets click here

For more info on Carrie Ferguson click here

Velvet Underground Tribute Show this Friday night

I'll be performing Waiting For My Man, There She Goes Again & Heroin. It's gonna be a hellava night of great tunes featuring The Ambiguities, Carrie Ferguson, Span of Sunshine, Daniel Hales, and the Frost Heaves, The Original Cowards, Scot & Maggie, Sitting Next To Brian, The Velveteen Underground and The Warblers.

The Rendezvous, 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MA

Chris to appear at Pete Seeger Tribute Concert

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 @ 7:00 PM, ACADEMY OF MUSIC THEATER, 274 Main St, Northampton, MA

A benefit concert for the Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton.

We're getting very excited about this show. My band, The Other Guys, will have a whopping 8 members this time around (including a banjo player, accordionist, fiddler and stand up bassist)! I'll also be backing up my pal Carrie Ferguson in her act "Peter, Paul & Carrrie". Come on out to this fun and poignant evening to honor the real Big Lebowski: Pete Seeger! Here are the details:

Come enjoy the music of folk music legend Pete Seeger performed by talented local and regional musicians. Featuring: Nerissa & Katryna Nields, David Bernz (of Work O' The Weavers), Jim Henry, Chris Thompson, Carrie Ferguson, Chris Scanlon, Emily Greene, Diane Sanabria, Claire Dacey, Bruce King. Hosted by Jon Weissman of Western Mass Jobs With Justice.

PACE Members are invited to an after-show reception with the performers! Be sure to bring your member card to be admitted to the reception. Tickets: $25 General / $20 Current PACE Members (includes the after-show reception) / $50 includes the after-show reception and a FREE individual PACE membership. Small children who sit on a lap are FREE. Tickets also for sale at 584-9032 or at PACE in Easthampton during previous performances. Tickets are also available for purchase at the Academy of Music Theatre's box office Tues-Fri from 3-6pm. General Seating

I'm psyched to announce my show at the Performing Arts Center of Easthampton (PACE) on September 12 with one of my favorite bands Span of Sunshine. Click here to purchase advanced tickets