UPCOMING
You’ve been warned.
Saturday, April 17, 2025
MOJO’S CAFE
Songwriters in the Round with Kate McDonnell and Stephen Clair
147 4th Street Troy, NY, 12180
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May 2025
SOMETHIN’ SOMETHIN’ TBA
Saturday, June 14, 2025
VOICES IN THE HEIGHTS
With the Alex Radus Quartet
119-21 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
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PREVIOUS SHOWS
You’ve been warned.
April 17, 2025
MOJO’S CAFE
Nathan Meltz/Buggy Jive/Steve Hammond & Dave McDonald
147 4th Street Troy, NY, 12180
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April 17, 2025
THE BITTER END
John Platt’s “On the Radar” with Abigayle Oakley and Hungrytown
147 Bleecker St, NY, NY
Feb 26, 2025
CAFFE LENA
“Lena-Go-Round” Singer-Songwriter Showcase
with host Erin Harkes, Gabby Hammond and Anthony “The Bear” Cubbage
47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY
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Feb. 19-23, 2025
FOLK ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL
Montreal, QC
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
NERFA. Nov. 20-24.
PRIVATE AND FORMAL SHOWCASES
Portland, Maine
Dec. 31., 2024. 6:45 p.m. (SHARP!)
SARATOGA NEW YEAR’S EVE
Opening for Ben Folds and Lindsey Kraft
Saratoga City Center. Main Stage.
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Tuesday. Jan. 14, 2025
SONG CITY
with Peter Annello, Alexandra Chang and Chase Keener
Franklin Alley, Troy NY (between River St and Broadway) | MAP
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September 6, 2024
The Music of Tracy Chapman:
An Evanston Folk Festival Celebration Kick Off
SPACE Music Hall. Evanston, IL.
With: Joy Clark (music director), Jonatavious Willis, Buggy Jive, Kyshona, Mehuman, Nathan Graham, Nora O’Connor, Kelly Hogan & more. A portion of ticket sales will benefit Brave Space Alliance.
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October 4, 2024
Live at the Linda
Albany, NY
With special guest Lennox.
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October 18 – 6 p.m.
A Celebration of Joni Mitchell (Joni Jam Pre-Show)
With Sue Tierney, Eniid, Lauren Faggiano, Michael Paz, Kimberly Ford
(and you know there may be more…)
Riot House @ the Andaz Hotel
West Hollywood, CA
Details to come.
October 24-27
FARM Gathering – Folk Alliance Region Midwest
Lisle, IL
Thursday, Oct. 24, 9:30-9:40 p.m. Oak Room.
DJ PICKS SHOWCASE
Presented by Wanda Fischer, WAMC Radio
Friday, Oct. 25, 1:30-2:15 a.m.
FIRST TIMERS ROOM
In the round with Daniel Neihoff and David Peters.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 11:15-12:00 (midnight).
PRIVATE SHOWCASE: Songs for Change
In the round with Erik Balkey, Jessica Smucker and Ryan Burns
For booking, contact:
Michael Paz, The Paz Group
michael@thepazgroup.com
504-382-0343
ONE REVIEWER DESCRIBED a recent BUGGY JIVE performance as…
“…a fusion of the personal and the political, the local and the global, the historical and the contemporary. Bookended by a tender, intimate rendition of Bob Dylan’s ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’ and a raw, radical reworking of Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Jungle Line,’ his set centered around a pair of uncompromising originals — ‘Rise’ and ‘Sam’ — that faced the issue of racial division head-on, proving that he’s the Capital Region’s best singer-songwriter. And he just keeps getting better.”
But Buggy Jive does not (will not?) come out of the hole very often. It’s a problem.
“I don’t play out,” he says. “I play in.”
A compromise? The Buggy Jive House Concert, filmed in his home studio for a small audience of some of his oldest and dearest friends. Kind of.
Buggy Jive live at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Fall 2017. Photo by Michael Benson.