We're certainly living in uncertain times - but one thing remains true: artists and musicians will FIND A WAY and Focus Music would like to assist that as much as we're able. Share and Enjoy! Enjoy and SUPPORT!!! Below is a selection of upcoming shows from Focus alumni and to the right is a bunch of links to explore on your own. With almost any show there will be the option to support the artist financially, but remember to "Like", "Share" and "Follow" too! Join those mailing lists for when these artists are able to come see us again! | Online Concert LinksFolk Alliance International Livestream Calendar Institute of Musical Traditions Concert Vault MSAC Local Virtual Events & Content List Social Distancing Streaming Concerts Undiscoveredmusic.net Virtual Music Events Directory |
Upcoming Shows
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9/22 |
Tuesday |
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9/22 |
8pm |
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Music My Mother Would Not Like |
Marc Douglas Berardo, Siobhan O'Brien, Reggie Harris, and Christine Lavin |
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfuGhqzIpGtWcUH125JngQH0mUPlzre_i |
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9/23 |
Wednesday |
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Every Wed |
12.10pm |
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Lunch Hour Live w Karyn Oliver |
Karyn Oliver |
New songs and requests |
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Every Wed |
7pm |
EDT |
Wednesday night online! |
Suzie Vinnick |
Roots and Blues music - originals and covers and your requests! |
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Every Wed |
7PM |
EDT |
Every Wednesday |
Jonathan Byrd |
MEET US HERE EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 7-10PM EASTERN TIME |
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Every Wed |
7PM |
EDT |
Live from the Lair From the Deck |
ilyAIMY |
On FB, YT & Twitch : percussive acoustic grunge from Baltimore, MD. Acoustic guitar, electric cello, eclectic percussion. |
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Every Wed |
7:30PM |
EDT |
Every Wednesday |
Carla Ulbrich |
I'm performing weekly YouTube livestreams of humorous songs about surviving the current madness, with live chat, song topics requests and viewer mail segments! |
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Every Wed |
8PM |
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Dan Navarro |
Live on YouTube |
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9/24 |
Thursday |
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9/24 |
7:30pm |
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The Way of the World |
Greg Greenway |
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9/25 |
Friday |
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9/26 |
Saturday |
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Every Sat |
2PM |
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Dan Navarro |
Live on Twitch |
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9/27 |
Sunday |
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Every Sunday |
2pm |
EDT |
The Kennedys Special Livestream: California Country Rock |
The Kennedys |
It was the late 60s, and from Sunset Blvd to Haight-Ashbury, hippies, flower children and peaceniks had been blissing out on a steady diet of psychedelic rock. On the street, there was a feeling that it might be time to flip the musical mandala from yin to yang. After the heavy sturm-und-drang of Marshall-amped power trios, a bit of acoustic strum-and-twang was a breath of fresh air that blew from Laurel Canyon all the way to Marin County. Hippie ensembles sought out rural band houses in emulation of The Band and Traffic, and a bit of roots music mixed with rock was a perfect fit for their laid-back ethic. The move to a simpler sound that combined down home singing and picking with progressive counter-culture values was led by a west coast advance guard including Buffalo Springfield, The Dillards, The Stone Poneys and Michael Nesmith in Los Angeles, and Moby Grape, acoustic-era Grateful Dead, and velvet voiced Kate Wolf to the north. The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" was a clarion call, and Gram Parsons was the charismatic interlocutor who knitted together the disparate threads of traditional country and hippie subculture, especially when he joined forces with the once-and-future queen of country-rock, Emmylou Harris. The sound blew across the US and Europe like a fresh breeze. We could all use a fresh breeze right about now, especially our viewers in the Golden State, so this week we celebrate California Country Rock. You don't have to be a Californian to dig it, as our viewers in Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, Sweden, France and Norway will attest: all you have to do is settle in for an hour of, in the words of a Poco song, "a little bit of magic in the country music." |
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9/28 |
Monday |
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Every Mon |
7pm |
EDT |
rob's VOM (Virtual Open Mic) XXVII |
Rowan Corbett (host) and whoever signs up... |
Continuing to give the performing community an OUTLET when we need it most! Tune in at fb.com/robsopenmics or youtube.com/robsopenmics. |
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Every Mon |
8PM |
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Dan Navarro |
Live on Facebook |
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10/4/2020 |
3:00:00 PM |
EDT |
Mike Agranoff |
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10/6/2020 |
8:00:00 PM |
EDT |
James Keelaghan |
Focus Music is supported in part by contributions from donors and by funding from the Montgomery County government, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and other supporting organizations.
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