Acoustic Series History

The Sunday Street Series at The University Café, presented by WUSB, 90.1 fm, began with a performance by The Kennedys on February 8, 2004. Caroline Aiken played a concert in the series on April 24, 2004. The series began its first full season in the fall of 2004.

In January, 2016, the Sunday Street Series moved to The Long Island Museum in
Stony Brook, New York.

By the end of the 2017-18 season, 217 shows have been presented in the series.

2004 -2005 Season          

October 3rd: Iain Matthews and Ad Vanderveen (James O’Malley opening)

November 14th: Terence Martin with Dan Bonis (Caroline Doctorow opening)

December 5th: Eric Andersen (Glenn Jochum opening)

February 13th: Larry Kirwan (Johnny Cuomo opening)

March 13th: The Kennedys (Martha Trachtenberg and Tom Griffith opening)

April 3rd: Rod Picott

April 17thRachael Davis with Brett Hartenbach (Pat Wictor opening)

May 1st: Chuck Brodsky (Toby Walker opening)

May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 64th Birthday Celebration with Beaucoup Blue, Caroline Doctorow, and Pat Wictor

2005 – 2006 Season

October 2nd: Maggie & Suzzy Roche

October 30th: A Celebration of Gordon Lightfoot with Aengus Finnan, Jory Nash and Terry Tuft

November 6th: Garnet Rogers

December 4th: Louise Taylor (Jim Dexter opening)

December 11thEllis Paul (Antje Duvekot opening)

January 15th: Rod MacDonald (Rich Deans opening)

January 29th: co-bill: Pat Wictor & Red Molly

March 5th: Jack Hardy (Antje Duvekot opening)

March 19th: Rod Picott (Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks opening)

April 2nd: David Olney (Caroline Doctorow opening)

April 23rd: Tom Russell

May 24th: Bob Dylan 65th Birthday Celebration with Larry Kirwan, Ina May Wool with Daniel A, Terence Martin with Dan Bonis, Russ Seeger

June 11th: Fairport Convention

July 9th: Pete Morton

August 13th: Lisa Moscatiello with Fred Lieder (James O’Malley opening)

2006-2007 Season

September 17th: co-bill of Diana Jones and Tim Grimm

October 8th: The Acoustic Strawbs

October 22nd: Lynn Miles

November 5th: Eric Andersen

November 12th: John Wesley Harding

December 3rd: Co-bill: Antje Duvekot and Anais Mitchell

December 10th: Brooks Williams (Russ Seeger opening)

January 14th: Garland Jeffreys

January 21st: Ellis Paul (Antje Duvekot opening)

February 4th: Fred Eaglesmith and The Flying Squirrels

February 18th: Co-bill: Pat Wictor and David Jacobs-Strain

March 4th: Casey Neill (Johnny Cuomo and friends opening)

March 18th: Co-bill: Terence Martin and Beaucoup Blue

April 15th: Rod Picott

April 22nd: Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies

May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 66th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, James O’Malley with Corrin Huddleston, Russ Seeger

June 10th: Ian Tamblyn (Caroline Doctorow opens)

2007-2008 Season

September 30th: Bill Morrissey

October 7th: Devon Sproule (Hope Nunnery opening)

October 21st: Aztec Two-Step (Tommy Holmes opening)

November 4th: Sloan Wainwright

November 11th: Co-bill: Hans Theessink and Toby Walker

December 2nd: The Pines

December 9th: Nerissa and Katryna Nields

January 6th: The Kennedys

January 20th: Ellis Paul

February 10th: John Wesley Harding

February 24th: Gerry O’Beirne with Rosie Shipley (Johnny Cuomo opening)

March 9th: Nathan Rogers

March 30th: Jeff Black (Mary Lamont opening)

April 27th: Jack Williams

May 4th: Garnet Rogers

May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 67th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Pat Wictor, and Johnny Cuomo

June 1st: Steve Tilston (James O’Malley opening)

2008-2009 Season

October 5th: Eilen Jewell (Phil Minissale opening)

October 19th: Marshall Crenshaw

November 2nd: Terence Martin (Caroline Doctorow (w/Pete Kennedy) opening)

November 9th: Co-bill: Mary McCaslin and Mustard’s Retreat

November 23rd: Ray Bonneville

November 30th: Blackie and The Rodeo Kings

December 7th: Sloan Wainwright (Lucy Wainwright Roche opening)

December 14th: Anthony daCosta and Abbie Gardner

January 18th: Ellis Paul (Jack’s Waterfall opening)

February 1st: Co-bill: Pete Kennedy and Pat Wictor

February 15th: Graham Parker

March 8th: The Refugees (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, & Wendy Waldman)

March 15th: Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen

March 29th: Co-bill: Brooks Williams and Beaucoup Blue

April 5th: Ian Tamblyn (Bob Wescott opening)

April 19th: Susan Werner

May 23rd: Bob Dylan’s 69th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Caroline Doctorow, Russ Seeger and Rob Stein

June 7th: Antje Duvekot (Lizanne Knott opening)

2009-2010 Season

September 27th: Daisy Cutter (Sara Milonovich, Greg Anderson and Friends)

October 4thBuskin & Batteau (Brian Kachejian opening)

October 18th: Willie Nile with Frankie Lee

November 1st: Co-bill: Rod Picott and Amanda Shires; Ana Egge

November 8th: John Wesley Harding

November 20th: Dala

November 29th: Ellis Paul (Adam Ezra opening)

December 6th: Elliott Murphy and the Normandy Gentlemen

January 10th: Co-bill: Harry Manx and Pat Wictor

January 24th: The Kennedys (Randy Burns opening)

February 14th: LeE HARVeY OsMOND

February 21st: Peter Mulvey

March 7th: Garnet Rogers

March 14th: Rachael Davis

March 28th: Mark Erelli

April 25th: Lynn Miles

May 22nd: Bob Dylan’s 69th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Rob Stein, and Steve Sollog, with special guests Gene Casey and Caroline Doctorow

June 6th: Tom Russell

2010-2011 Season

September 19th: The Acoustic Strawbs

October 3rd: Co-bill of Toby Walker and Beaucoup Blue

October 10th: Eric Andersen

November 7th: Slaid Cleaves with Duke Levine; Graham Weber opening

November 14th: James Keelaghan with David Woodhead

November 28th: Ellis Paul (Opening: Adam Ezra)

December 12th: David Francey accompanied by Craig Werth

January 9th: Willie Nile with Frankie Lee and Johnny Pisano

January 16th: Susan Werner

February 13th: Rod MacDonald with Mark Dann (Caroline Doctorow opening)

February 27th: The Pines

March 6th: Angel Band

March 20th: Garland Jeffreys

April 3rd: Co-bill of Pat Wictor and Brooks Williams

April 17th: Cliff Eberhardt

May 1st: Madison Violet

May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 70th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Sollog, Steve Kaplan, Roger Murdock and special guest  Gene Casey.

May 28th at the First United Methodist Church in Port Jefferson: Jimmy Webb (presented in collaboration with the Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council)

June 5th: Kennedy, Wainwright, Roche

2011-2012 Season

September 18th: Iain Matthews with Jim Fogarty

October 2nd: The Kennedys

October 16th: Slaid Cleaves

October 23rd: Natalia Zukerman

November 13th: Bill Bourne

December 4th: Ellis Paul

January 8th: Mark Erelli & Jeffrey Foucault

January 22nd: Garnet Rogers

February 12th: Vance Gilbert

February 19th: Lucy Kaplansky

March 4th: Brother Sun

March 11th: James Maddock

April 22nd: Zoe Lewis

May 6th: Jory Nash & Treasa Levasseur

May 19th: Bob Dylan 71st Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, guest appearance by Caroline Doctorow

June 10th: Ray Bonneville & Louise Taylor

2012 – 2013 Season

September 30th: Iain Matthews w/Jim Fogarty

October 28th: Jez Lowe

November 11th: Geoff Muldaur  & Beaucoup Blue (co-bill)

November 25th: Mary McCaslin, with Caroline Doctorow, and Pete Kennedy

December 2nd: Ellis Paul

December 16th: Winterbloom

January 6th: The Kennedys

January 20th: Catherine MacLellan & Tim Chaisson (co-bill)

February 24th: Tracy Grammer

March 10th: Peter Mulvey & Jeffrey Foucault

March 24thWillie Nile

April 7th: Darryl Purpose

April 21st: James Maddock

May 5th: Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

May 11th: Bob Dylan’s 72nd Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Bill Herman, guest appearance by Mary Lamont with Jim Marchese

2013-2014 Season

September 29th: Mary Gauthier

October 6thJohn Wesley Harding and the English U.K.

October 20thJames Keelaghan and Jez Lowe

November 3rdBrooks Williams and Beaucoup Blue

November 24thCaitlin Canty (Robert Bruey with Jon Preddice opening)

December 8thEllis Paul (Rebecca Loebe opening)

January 5th (at The Port Jefferson Village Center): Guy Davis

January 26th: James Maddock with Ben Stivers (Butcher’s Blind Acoustic opening)

February 9th: Toby Walker

February 23rd: Co-bill: Pesky J. Nixon and Miles to Dayton

March 9th : Poor Old Shine

March 23rd: The Paul McKenna Band

April 5th: A Long Island Musicians Tribute to Warren Zevon

April 13th : Rod Picott (Mary Lamont opening)

May 4th: Casey Neill Trio (Butchers Blind opening)

May 17th: Bob Dylan’s 73rd Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan, and special guest appearances by Andrew Fortier and Mary Lamont

June 27th (at The Port Jefferson Village Center): A special evening with Tom Russell

2014-2015 Season

September 14th: Iain Matthews with Jim Fogart (Butchers Blind duo opening)

October 19th: Garnet Rogers

November 6th (at The First United Methodist Church, Port Jefferson): Richard Shindell (presented in collaboration with the Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council)

November 23rd: Garland Jeffreys

December 7th: Ellis Paul (Chris Trapper opening)

December 14th : Winterpills (Robert Bruey with Jon Preddice opening)

January 25th: Sloan Wainwright

March 29th: James Maddock, with Oli Rockberger

April 12th: The Kennedys (Caroline Doctorow opening)

April 26th : Archie Fisher, Jez Lowe, and James Keelaghan (“Men At Words”)

May 10th: Slaid Cleaves, with Duke Levine

May 16th: Bob Dylan’s 74th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan, and special guest appearances by Claudia Jacobs and Pete Mancini

August 2nd: Jimmy LaFave (at The Port Jefferson Village Center)

2015-2016 Season

September 20th: Parsonsfield

October 4th: Co-bill: Pat Wictor & Abbie Gardner

October 18th: Jez Lowe

November 8th: Guy Davis

November 22nd: Ellis Paul

December 4th: Garnet Rogers

December 12th: “Last Call” at The University Café with Butchers Blind, Chris J. Connolly and Bryan Gallo

In January 2016, The Sunday Street Series moved to The Gillespie Room at The Long Island Museum

January 17th: Sloan Wainwright

January 31st: Willie Nile

March 20th: The Paul McKenna Band

April 10th: Iain Matthews & Andy Roberts (“Plainsong”)

April 17th: John Gorka

May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 75th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian and Tom Ryan. Special guests: Bob Westcott and Stuart Marcus

June 12th: Brother Sun

June 26th: Tom Russell

2016-2017 Season

September 18th: James Maddock

October 23rd: Co-bill of Toby Walker and Beaucoup Blue

November 13th: Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche

December 18th: Ellis Paul

January 15th: The Kennedys with Caroline Doctorow

January 29th: Richard Barone with Steve Addabbo

February 12th: “Remembering Jack Hardy” with David Massengill, Rod MacDonald, Mark Dann, Abbie Gardner, and Jack Licitra

March 12th: The Garland Jeffreys Trio

April 2nd: Co-bill: Antje Duvekot and Natalia Zukerman

April 30th: Brooks Williams (Opening: Bob Westcott)

May 7th: Mary Gauthier

May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 76th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan and special guests Annie Mark and
Chris James, and Cassandra House

June 25th: WUSB 40th Anniversary Concert with Miles To Dayton and Pesky J. Nixon

July 9th: Blues and Brews with Beaucoup Blue (Opening: Bob Westcott)

2017-2018 Season

September 24th: Joe Crookston

October 8th: Jez Lowe

October 15th : (A Sunday Street “Pop-Up” Concert at the Port Jefferson Village Center) Uncle Bonsai

October 21st: Slaid Cleaves

November 5th: Garnet Rogers

November 19th: James Maddock

December 10th: Ellis Paul

January 7th: The Kennedys (Opening: Caroline Doctorow)

January 21st: Sloan Wainwright

February 25th: The End Of America

March 24th: The Word From Mose: A Celebration of the music of Mose Allison with Pete Kennedy, Pat Wictor, Abbie Gardner and Jack Licitra. Special guest: Amy Allison

April 15th: Ray Bonneville

April 29th: Tom Russell

May 6th: Co-bill: Jesse Terry and Abbie Gardner

May 20th: Bob Dylan’s 77th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan and special guests Bill Scorzari and Jenna Silverman

June 10th: The Tannahill Weavers

July 8th: Blues and Brews with Toby Walker