ilyAIMY Dangerous Music for Dangerous Times

As I write to you, I'M in Georgia*, but I'm coming home soon. Heather's guest-hosting my open mic at Teavolve with Frank Hogans tomorrow, but I'll be home in time for El Golfo with Muleman on Wednesday... then we've got a bar gig in Bel Air on Saturday and a most-delicious house concert (w Kristen and Rowan!) next Sunday!

Yeah, I'm IN Georgia, but Maryland's most-definitely on my mind!

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February 17, 2020
19:00 - 22:00

Baltimore - 1401 Aliceanna St

2/17 - Frank Hogans at Teavolve's Open Mic Tonight will be guest-hosted by my partner in crime, Heather Aubrey Lloyd! Tonight we're joined by.... Frank Hogans. "Frank's music is evocative of the pain and beauty – the downright JOY of growing into wisdom. With an arsenal of dark and surprising…

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February 19, 2020
19:30 - 22:00

Silver Spring - 8739 Flower Ave

2/19 - Open Mic at El Golfo's w Muleman This week our featured artist is Muleman : "Born in the Mississippi Delta, Mark learned the true meaning of the Blues down on Parchman Farm Penitentiary. He was taught by David Kimbrough, the son of Jr. Kimbrough, how to play the…

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February 22, 2020
20:00 - 23:00

Bel Air - 119 S Main St

Sat 2/22 - Black Eyed Suzie's (rH). 119 S Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014 | 8pm We enjoyed the Hell out of ourselves last time we played here, so I guess we'll just have to do it again! Great food, chaotic room, more tv screens than I was willing…

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Sun 2/23 – Bonnie Branch House Concert (rHKR).
Ellicott City, MD | RSVP at Concert@BonnieBranch.org for address. More information at bonniebranch.org | 6pm | $20 suggested donation

Doors open at 6:00 p.m., show starts about 7:00 p.m. Some drinks are provided, both soft and hard; feel free to bring your favorite with you. Most of the band likes bourbon or dark, dark, dark beers. Just... so you know. But with a house concert we've got to roll gentle lest we end up in your laps.... so... make decisions.

Bring an hors d’oeuvre, finger food, or dessert to share!  

Wandering and Wondering:

Thank you everyone (especially my mom) for an amazing birthday at New Deal Cafe - thank you for all the good wishes and kind wishes and even the weird wishes. Unfortunately, the entire beginning of February has been a gigantic bundle of stress - though plenty of it for good reason, it's just that all the good reasons happened at the same time.

For those of you who don't know, I'm the Chair of the Performance Committee of the Takoma Park Folk Festival. Later in the year of course, I'll be hunting for volunteers and all sorts of help, but as of NOW the applications (finally) went up! If you're a local musician, please wander over to www.tpff.org and apply!

The next layer of stress comes from being voted the Executive Director of Focus Music - a non-profit organization incorporated in VA (but with tendrils in MD) that's been helping offer a small guarantee to my Teavolve features for the last couple of years - they've given my an illustrious title, and I've been racing to keep up ever since. 

That's on top of still trying to get the last bits of our next tour to come together AND aging a year!

Yeah.

It's a lot.

-rob
ilyAIMY
Waynesboro, GA
www.ilyaimy.com

*Yes. Hence the font.

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February 10th, 2020. Jeffrey T Smith at Teavolve.
Hosting Teavolve like it's my job. What a fantastic night. It doesn't hurt that we had some pros in the room, and frankly, when other venues drop the ball it…

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February 8th, 2020. Forever My Bilbo.
(screen cap from the 1977 movie "The Hobbit") Last night we played a massive show for my birthday, good times were perpetrated, feelings were felt. We came home, loaded in,…

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February 7th, 2020. rob Day 45.
Thursday night Kristen took me to see Brass Against at the 8x10. We ended up hanging out upstairs with a couple of other musicians and we got to chatting about…

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February 2nd, 2020. Rockin' the Rockville.
Last night was amazing. A surprise. An amazing surprise. And I ain’t just talking the spectacular sandwiches our friend Robin brought us. 7 Locks is a brewery in Rockville that…

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February 1, 2020
19:30 - 22:00

Rockville - 12227 Wilkins Ave

Sat 2/1 - 7 Locks Brewing (rHK). 12227 Wilkins Ave, Rockville, MD 20852 | 7.30pm rob and Heather and Kristen playing their little hearts out in a local brewery.

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February 6, 2020 - February 7, 2020
22:00 - 01:00

Frederick - 105 N Market St

Thurs 2/6 - Firestone's (H) 105 N Market St, Frederick, MD 21701  

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February 7, 2020
20:30 - 23:30

Greenbelt - 113 Centerway

Fri 2/7 - rob's birthday at New Deal Cafe (rHKRSJ). 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 | 8.30pm It's rob's birthday, and we're celebrating with a full-band show at a venue we've played more than any other. We're probably going to rock a little harder, be a little louder, and generally…

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February 22, 2020
20:00 - 23:00

Bel Air - 119 S Main St

Sat 2/22 - Black Eyed Suzie's (rH). 119 S Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014 | 8pm We enjoyed the Hell out of ourselves last time we played here, so I guess we'll just have to do it again! Great food, chaotic room, more tv screens than I was willing…

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February 23, 2020
18:00 - 22:00

Ellicott City - bonniebranch.org

Sun 2/23 - Bonnie Branch House Concert (rHKR). Ellicott City, MD | RSVP at Concert@BonnieBranch.org for address. More information at bonniebranch.org.Doors open at 6:00 p.m., show starts about 7:00 p.m. Requested donation is $20 per person - 100% goes to the band! Some drinks are provided, both soft and hard; feel…

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