The Mercurial
Rises To
Warped Tour
A Bellmore band has landed one of the top spots on a famous national tour.
The Mercurial recently won The Ernie Ball Battle Of the Bands was invited
to perform at the local leg of the Vans Warped Tour when it comes to Nassau
Coliseum on August 4.
The band, which describes its sound as "rock, experimental, disco house"
on its MySpace area, is comprised of Chezz on keyboards and vocals, Dan on
guitarist, Lauren on bass, and Anthony on drums. The act currently is in upstate
New York recording their first album with famed producer Mike Birnbaum. For
more on this hot local act, log on to their MySpace area.
Hughes Offers
Free Music
Area guitarist and pop/rock songwriter Shelly Hughes is offering free downloads
of her original music. See her websites at shellyhughes.com and myspace.com/shellyhughes
for complete information.
Hughes surfaced on the Long Island music scene at age 19 fresh out of graduating
from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. She's already performed at
such top New York-area venues as Joe's Pub, Roseland Ballroom, The Cutting
Room, and The Living Room. “I spend a lot of time in working bands,
playing covers and weddings," said Hughes in her bio, living the usual
Long Island music syndrome. "As a guitar player, it helped me get a lot
out of my system. That time of my life made me a stronger player and overall
a greater musician and performer.”
Long Island Rocks
… For Freedom
A special concert dubbed "Long Island Rocks For Freedom" will be
Friday, August 24 at 6:30 pm at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower
Park in East Meadow. This event is presented by Playgrounz.net and The Nassau
County Department of Parks, Recreations, and Museums.
An array of Long Island-based rock bands will be featured at this concert,
including Code Anchor, Sick As Monday, Blake Ian, Johnny Bhive, and 5 North.
The show is to be hosted by Fingers of WBAB-FM.
Still Fighting Foo:
Monkey Wrench
Once again, we fess up: We stole that headline from David Letterman. But we're
not the only ones mimicking someone famous: Bellmore's Monkey Wrench has established
itself one of the more popular local tribute acts in recent months. The act
was recently featured on MTV 2 during a special entitled "24 Hours Of
Foo."
The band describes their act as "the first Foo Fighters tribute in America"
and covers virtually everything that the longstanding band and even Dave Grohl
has recorded. The band performs as a "regular" rock cover band as
well.
The band will return to the area for a performance at D.J. Riders Rhythm
& Brews in Oceanside on August 11. For more information, log on to foofighterstribute.com.
Fiddle Around At
Long Island Festival
The D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts will present The Long Island
Fiddle Festival on Sunday, August 26 at The Long Island Museum of American
Art, History and Carriages, located on Route 25A in Stony Brook. Admission
is $12 for adult with advanced purchase ($15 at gate), and children 6 to 15
are $5.
Scheduled to perform at this event at press time were Jay Ungar & Molly
Mason, The April Verch Band, Little Toby Walker, The StoryCrafters, and other
acts. For more information, and more.
For information, write to info@litma.org or call (631) 751-0066.
