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To our Customers, Students and Music Community...

 

Thank you for Voting us Best Music Store Year after Year!!  We'll do our very best to continue earning your praise.  It means so much to us!

Canyon, Smith, Militia -Open Mic Feature 7/19/12

All kinds of rock and some great songs you probably haven't heard in a while...that's what you can expect from this band!  

Canyon Smith Militia is a rock band from Norton Massachusetts that formed several years ago when three friends from high school began playing covers and bonding over classic rock musical tastes.  A little more than a year ago, they played their first performance as the Militia at Rick's Open Mic and they have been coming back ever since.

Band Members: Chase Wheeler, Bryan Russell, Tim Murphy

www.reverbnation.com/canyonsmithmilitia

Open Mic starts at 7pm
Performer sign up is at 6:30

Admission $3 per person

Grace Morrison and the RSO CD Recording Party/Fundraiser

Saturday -June 2, 2012 - 7pm

Grace Morrison is one of our most-loved Teachers here at Rick's!  Help Grace and her Band raise some dough for their first studio CD and be a part of their live CD recording! 

Tickets are $10 (and will include a free copy of the live CD)

 Their Band and music are incredible!!

Come hungry.....The Cafe will be open at 6:30, serving sandwiches, salads, desserts & more! Call now to reserve a VIP table! 508-977-0200  Limited table seating.

Music of Michael Troy -Friday, May 25, 2012

Tickets $15 – Showtime 8pm  (doors open 7pm)

 Michael Troy is one of our region’s jewels, a multi-award-winning songwriter, gifted story-teller and musical performer.   As an added bonus, popular Rhode Island songwriter, Chuck Williams will open the show. 

The Cafe will open at 7pm, serving gourmet sandwiches, salads, desserts and more!  Limited table seating..Call 508-977-0200 to reserve your table!!

 Michael Troy - BIO

Michael Troy was born and raised in the rough-and-tumble mill town of Fall River, Mass. In many ways, his life reflects the lives of the hard-working common folk who populate this part of New England. Having spent parts of his own life as a mill worker, fisherman, laborer and carpenter, and most of his adult years as a husband and father, Michael has traveled many paths, and the experience and wisdom he's gleaned along the way echoes through his music.

 A magical storyteller with a gift for melody, a deep rich voice, excellent finger-pickin' skills and the ability to compose outstanding stanzas of substance, Michael's plaintive ballads speak of the hills and mills of Fall River and of childhood dreams not quite forgotten in the adult quest to make an honest living. 

Michael has won many awards for his music winning the 2004 Boston Folk Festival Songwriter’s Contest, the Founders Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival Songwriter's Contest also in 2004, the South Florida Folk Festival Songwriter's Contest in 2005, the 2006 Wildflower Folk Festival Songwriter's Contest, the 2007 New England Songwriting Contest and the 2010 Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.   www.folkmichaeltroy.com

Chuck Williams - BIO
Chuck Williams has been appearing throughout New England and in recent years has gone coast to coast with his music.  He has been traveling to coffeehouses, performing arts centers and festivals sowing seeds of his songs along the way. His lyrics and melodies are a musical journey reflecting emotions of everyday life brought to you through the stories within his songs.

Chuck is a 9 time nominee of the Motif Magazine Music Awards, vice president of R.I.S.A. (Rhode Island Songwriters Association) a member of N.S.A.I. (Nashville Songwriters Association) and A.S.C.A.P.
www.chuckwilliamsmusic.com

Matt Borrello -LIVE CD Recording Show!

Matt Borrello invites you to take part in the making of his next CD to be recorded LIVE at this special show at Rick’s on Friday, May 11th. Prepare for a late night because Matt has lots of great entertainment planned for us!

Date:        Friday, May 11, 2012
Time:        7:30 (Doors open at 7)
Tickets:    $10

Location:  Rick's Music World & Cafe

                  421 New State Hwy

                  Raynham, MA

Reservations Recommended!!
Call 508-977-0200 or Reserve Tickets Online

Matt brings an immediate creative energy to any stage he lands on and he’s racking up a list of notable New England stages to add to his bio. Some day that list is going to be global and longer than a Dylan song, but we hope that the Rick’s Music stage will always feel like Matt’s home. Reserve your seats now for this very special night.

Genres: Folk / Rock / Blues

BIO:
Matt Borrello is a singer-songwriter from Southeastern Massachusetts. For five years Matt has performed regularly in the Boston/Providence area, usually as a solo acoustic act, but also as a sideman for other songwriters and as the leader of his band, the Quality Dogs. Matt's insightful lyrics and passionate performances have earned him recognition in various New England talent showcases and songwriting contests, most notably at the Boston Folk Festival Youth Songwriting Contest.

His songs draw their structures from folk, country, blues and rock music. He is a lover of spontaneous collaborations and his songs have highly malleable arrangements. Matt writes from a personal perspective, but his songs are markedly devoid of boring self-pity. He has several protest songs and no breakup songs. Matt has opened shows for well known local and national musicians such as John Flynn, Rick Fetters, Don White, and Kevin So. He has been a part of shows at venues including Club Passim, the Somerville Armory, Rick's Music World, Steve's Backstage Pass, the Taunton River Folk Festival, the Union Coffeehouse and the Soule Homestead Folk Concert Series.

http://www.reverbnation.com/mattborrello






Steve DiPersio -Open Mic Feature April 26, 2012

Steven James DiPersio has been a singer/songwriter since he began to play the guitar at the age of 10. Growing up in Wilmington, Massachusetts, there wasn’t much to do, so DiPersio found his way into the world of playing in bands.

He was the guitarist and one of the writers for such bands as Shiner, Giulio’s Mama, Old Jonesy and Critycal Mass and has recorded with several other musicians.

DiPersio released a solo album on iTunes called “The Storm” in 2010 and also played lead guitar on both Zak Jacobson and the Pryor Convictions albums, also on iTunes.  Recently, DiPersio has been diving into the Folk realm, and that is the act he will bring to his feature here at Rick’s Music World on Thursday, April 26.

RICK'S OPEN MIC - HELD EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

Open Mic performer sign up starts at 6:30
The show starts at 7
Admission is $3.00 per person
More about Rick's Open mic

Rick's Open Mic is a community service program made possible by the generous personal commitment and donated time of our Volunteers and Staff. Admission is $3 per person, which helps fund improvements to the Open Mic Program and the Rick's Music Scholarship Program.  The Rick's Music Scholarship Program helps subsidize the cost of private music lessons for students with financial need.

"A Night for John" -Memorial Concert & Silent Auction

Join us Saturday, April 21st at 7pm for a memorable night of music in tribute to our friend, John Spalding.

All proceeds will benefit the Rick's Music Scholarship Fund.

A Silent Auction of John's donated instruments and equipment will be held during this special event. 

Saturday, April 21, 2012

7pm - 10:30pm

$3 Suggested Donation