Intended upon the invention of the menu item to be a way into lists, reviews, reactions, and intentions surrounding "music." Big job. While that waits, I'll at least keep "tracking shows" here instead of at the rarely tended Second Home.

tracking shows

September 26, 2009: Joyce Andersen, Lilly Pearlman & Family, Hope Hoffman & Jim Tolles, Wells

September 27, 2008: Hope Hoffman & Kittlish, Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection, Jackson Gillman, Wells

September 21, 2008: Keith Murphy, David Surrette, and Sarah Blair, West Springfield

October 22, 2006: Fiddleicious, Portland

September 17, 2006: Susie Burke, David Surrette, and Joyce Andersen, Limington

September 9, 2006: Chief Noda, Wells

February 25, 2006: Jake Shimabukuro, Waimea

November 19, 2005: Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Portland

October 9, 2005: High Range, Nightingale, Cluck Old Hen, Wells

September 24: J.P. Cormier, High Range, North Star, South Hiram

August 2005: Angel Band, Dave Rowe Trio, Dover

October 9, 2004: Danu; Rodney Miller, David Surette, and Susie Burke; Jerks of Grass, Wells

September 2004: Chief Noda, Wells

September 2-5, 2004: King Wilkie, Del McCoury Band, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, The Atkinson Family, Jerks of Grass, White Mountain Bluegrass (RIP Karen), Brunswick

August 2004: Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum, Hood River

August 2004: Bedlam, Lebanon

May 8, 2004: Niamh Parsons and Andy Irvine, Lexington

December 5, 2003: Childsplay, Portland review

October 11, 2003: Halali, Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, Brendan Carey Block and Rich Block, Wells

July 2003: The Schankman Twins, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Jennifer Roland, The Kruger Brothers, Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, Cornish

July 12, 2003: Kaiulani Lee (A Sense of Wonder), Kennebunk

February 15, 2003: 2nd Annual Fiddlers Night, Bath

August 29 to September 1, 2002: Quicksilver, Seldom Scene, Karl Shiflett, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Gopher Broke, Schankman Twins, Brunswick

July 31, 2002: Hackmatack Players "Into the Woods", Berwick

October 12, 2001: Iris DeMent, Portsmouth

Fall 2001: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Sara Cox, Portland

Doc Watson, Portland

April 19, 2001: Drekka, The Iditarod, In Gowan Ring, Stone Breath, Durham

April 6, 2001: Asleep at the Wheel, Rochester

Natalie MacMaster, Rochester

April 21, 2000: City Theater (Grease), Biddeford

April 15, 2000: Patty Larkin, Rochester

March 24, 2000: Cherish the Ladies, Rochester

January 22, 2000: Black Eagle Jazz Band, Rochester

October 16, 1999: The Amazing Kreskin, Rochester

April 16, 1999: Battlefield Band, Tacoma

July 15, 1999: YoYo A GoGo, Olympia

January 29, 1999: Hal Holbrook, Tacoma

Natalie MacMaster, Seattle

Natalie MacMaster, Olympia

November 20, 1998: David Sedaris, Olympia

July 16, 1998: Frank Black, Frequency db, Olympia

January 23, 1998: George Kahumoku, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, Seattle (King Cat Theater)

Raymond Kane, Olympia

Portishead, Tacoma

May 19, 1997: Freedy Johnston, Seattle

Austin Lounge Lizards, Olympia

November 8, 1996: The Palladian Ensemble, Seattle

February 5, 1993: Carlos Nakai and William Eaton, Olympia

Jonestown, Olympia

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Olympia

Alice Donut, Olympia

Bikini Kill, Olympia

Dub Narcotic Sound System, Olympia

Mecca Normal, Olympia

L7, Olympia

Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Seattle

November 10, 1990: Nirvana, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Olympia info

X, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Seattle

1987, 1988, 199x: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jonathan Richman, John Mayall, Miles Davis, Barenaked Ladies, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, Nana Vasconcelos, Trilok Gurtu, Odo Addy and Kukrudu, Michelle Shocked, Seattle

1987: Green Pajamas, Seattle
August 23, 1987: Bo Diddley, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, Portland

The Cure, Seattle

Willem Breucker Kollectiv, Seattle

1984/85: Joan Armatrading, Cook Da Books, Portland

1983: Talking Heads, Portland

Jethro Tull, Hartford

Yes, Springfield

Jethro Tull, Springfield

Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Springfield

1977: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Springfield

Electric Light Orchestra, Springfield

February 3, 1977: Queen, Thin Lizzy, Springfield