JIM MURPHY has been playing the blues since there were two different Friendly’s and a Sun Foods in west Keene. He has championed the sound and run Blues Nights at literally dozens of venues and rooms, spread out across the Monadnock Region, even bringing his son Jeff into the mix as a teenager. Jim uses the blues to communicate love and art, and to encourage and foster new generations through collective community building with music.

Haunting, personal and poignant are words that have been used to describe LANEY RYAN’s voice and indie folk vibe. She grew up in Boston and from age six was an avid record collector and music fan. In her teens she was a metal head who dreamt of being in a band. At 21 when a friend asked if she would go out of state with her to attend college, Laney agreed, but only if her friend would go to Los Angeles. In LA she joined an alt rock band called The Brink as lead singer and played in Hollywood & the valley for five years before moving home and getting into a more acoustic sound. Then while raising a family, going to shows became very infrequent with young ones at home, till one night she attended a Grant Lee Phillips gig and heard him play “Buried Treasure”. That song, meeting Grant Lee and feeling an emptiness not playing music for so long inspired her to pick up the guitar and start songwriting. Laney’s songs weave stories and sounds from impressions, life lessons learned, present conditions and the day to day common threads from which we’re all joined.

Doors are at 7pm and music will begin at 730 sharp! The show is all ages and seating is first come first served!