Starch Brothers has fast become one of most popular Tuesday Kitchen Takeovers! They are a scratch bakery and sandwich stand celebrating fresh bread paired with local ingredients. Be sure to try the rotating menu of sandwiches from breakfast sandwiches to chopped cheeses to sweet potato or chicken banh mis! Check them out on Instagram and Facebook to get the latest menus, market updates, and videos!

Come on out to listen to local songwriters and musicians! Join in on the fun. By popular demand, this event will be every Tuesday from 6-8PM. Sign up is in-person only, get there early!

Nick Granelle is an indie rock singer, guitarist, and producer, splitting his time between Brooklyn and Vermont. His Zappa inspired solos blend into Strokes influences. From his early 2k upbringing he combines elements of rock, retro-indie and modern prog to create a distinct sound that is freshly nostalgic. His self produced music highlights his ability to pair infectious melodies with pristine auditory production.

​Season of Yes isn’t just a band; it’s a vibe. Comprised of long-time collaborators from the blues-rock circuit, this quartet trades heavy distortion for deep grooves and soulful intimacy. Featuring the commanding vocals of DonnCherie, the locked-in rhythm of Dan Whittemore (drums), the moody “slap” of  Ricky Gaiotti (bass/bgv), and the searing guitar leads of Scott “Scotty” MacDougal,
Season of Yes explores the intersection of traditional blues and funky R&B in a playful and dynamic way

Acclaimed Americana/Blues guitarist William Lee Ellis was raised in the deep roots of American music. Named after his godfather, legendary bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, Ellis grew up in a musical family – his father, respected banjo composer Tony Ellis, was one of Monroe's Blue Grass Boys.

Growing up in the Kingsport-Bristol-Johnson City cradle of country music, Tennessee native William Lee was immersed in roots music heaven at an early age – some of his earliest memories include trips with his father to visit old time music master Tommy Jarrell and being bounced on his godfather’s knee. It was only natural to take up the guitar, and Ellis spent his adolescence backing his fiddle-and-banjo-playing dad at bluegrass festivals and contests across the country.

In college, Ellis took his musical studies in a new direction, spending the better part of a decade playing classical guitar and earning a master’s degree in classical performance from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. While there, Ellis chanced upon a musician who would change his life: Piedmont blues giant Reverend Gary Davis. Folk-blues revivalist Andy Cohen introduced Ellis to Davis’ intricate fingerpicking style, which fascinated the classically trained guitarist. “Davis was both a brilliant sacred musician and bluesman, and that’s a mix I love dearly in pre-war traditional and folk music,” Ellis says. “A combination of the heavenly and the hellish, full of tension, drama and gut-hitting emotion.”

Along the way – including years living in Japan then Memphis – Ellis learned to combine Davis’ fingerpicking technique with his classical performance background and the bluegrass-infused memories of his youth. Yet it’s clear that he’s no revivalist – Ellis writes his own unique music, using old blues forms and apocalyptic gospel themes as a vocabulary to express contemporary experiences. In his quest to capture the timeless appeal of pre-war traditions, and to make the music’s message live for today, Ellis has created a brand of Americana/roots music that’s all his own.

Ellis’ recordings have been hailed by the international press from Billboard to the London Times: his seven albums include five for noted roots label Yellow Dog Records: 2000’s The Full Catastrophe; 2003’s Conqueroo, picked as one of the year’s best records by Acoustic Guitar magazine; 2006’s God’s Tattoos, which won a Best International CD honor at Australia’s BlueStar Awards; and 2023’s Ghost Hymns, nominated for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year at the prestigious Blues Music Awards (i.e., the Grammys of the blues world). Its companion EP, Long Night, followed in 2024. The decade-long gap in Ellis’s recording activity is simple: he stepped into academia, earning a PhD in ethnomusicology and moving to Vermont, where he is Chair of Fine Arts and Professor of Music at Saint Michael’s College. In Vermont, Ellis has not only taught on blues, jazz, and gospel music but has published on blues and folk art in equal measure, culminating in the spring 2023 show he curated at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Build a Heaven of My Own: African American Vernacular Art and the Blues. He has also curated an ongoing series at Burlington’s Flynn theater, New Voices, that celebrate the diasporic music making of regional acts and communities, many with immigrant or refugee backgrounds. These experiences and more have given shape to Ellis’s latest full-length album, Ghost Hymns, a collection of original compositions and arrangements, one framed by a global roots vision. Featuring musical friends of international scope and experience, its 12 selections channel such voices as Lead Belly and Rev. Gary Davis alongside Chinese busking, Ghanian high life, and the Sacred Harp. Ellis is an avid world traveler – musical tours include Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scotland, and China – and as a teacher he has instructed guitar at Augusta Blues Week, Common Ground on the Hill, and Jorma Kaukonen’s prestigious Fur Peace Ranch. With his banjo-composer father, he’s also played globally for the U.S. State Department from Cuba to Belarus, as well as the Kennedy Center, MerleFest, and The Late Show with David Letterman in a performance with actor Steve Martin. Ellis has recently been traversing the US in support of Ghost Hymns, including NPR's Mountain Stage and the Blues Music Awards.

We’re thrilled to welcome back Omakase Vermont for this Tuesday’s Kitchen Takeover! You won’t want to miss their incredible Japanese fusion featuring Poké Bowls, gyoza, and other specials.

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Singer/songwriter, David Karl Roberts, has crawled the highways and byways through coffeehouses, clubs and dive bars for the better part of 4 decades. A true Americana Troubadour creating a blend of whiskey soaked, folk, blues and Americana with a cocktail of soulful melodies, outlaw folk and swampy lounge blues. A Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist, weaving stories and song of life on the road, loves lost, tales of the American experience, and political unrest. A familiar face in the Northern New England music scene for several decades, DKR has been an opening act for nationally touring artists such as Dave Bromberg, Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Fairport Convention, Dave Mason, Rick Danko, Trout Fishing in America, Joe Pug, Chris Pierce, Treat Her Right, Morphine and Aquarium Rescue Unit and can be found playing his songs in listening rooms and barrooms throughout New England.

Ben Larson and the Moondocks: 

Genre: Western Americana and Cosmic Folk

This October, songwriter and poet Ben Larson returns to his childhood home with his duo The Moondocks for the first time in nearly 20 years. Born and raised in Underhill and a graduate of MMU, Ben Larson headed to Montana at 17 and built a life as a carpenter, poet and traveling musician. Armed with a mountain of stories and an eclectic album that doesn’t fit in any genre container, Ben and his interstellar percussionist Pfahl are bringing their poignant, impromptu rural Montana music to the winding roads and leafy forests of Vermont. 

Powerful and evocative singers, Ben and Pfahl have shared the stage with The Wilder Blue, Yarn, Melissa Carper, Big Richard and more. Ben has performed everywhere from the Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering to the National Folk Festival to the TedX Stage among hundreds of shows in tiny towns across Montana and beyond. 

As lifelong musicians, this duo have produced numerous albums in previous bands including The Backwoods Dreamers and The Grownass Men. The Moondocks is an evolution of Ben’s Western folk storytelling with new cosmic influences from Pfahl’s deep dive into the realm of the world’s oldest electric instrument, the theremin. 

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benlarsonmusic

Instagram: @benlarsonmusic 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@benlarsonmusic

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/benlarsonmusic

Music Links:

Original Song: Dirtbag: Live at Brigand Brewing, Darby, MT

https://youtu.be/dVSDE54mkeQ

Paint It Black (Cover): Ben Larson and the Grownass Men (same musicians, new band)

https://youtu.be/T2TcK89SmlM

Church (Poem): Unreleased Single 2026

https://youtu.be/uH4TaDSOy6c

Theremin Solo, Tings Tavern, Jefferson City 3.30.25

Live at Tings 3.30.25 Black Helicopters Theremin Solo

Duo: Live at Music in the Mountains, Big Sky 7.3.25

https://youtube.com/shorts/5y-sFY3uqTY?feature=share

She Was Right is a four member band that consists of Colchester residents Jim Neary (percussion, vocals) Stewart Foster (guitar, vocals), CHS grad Cait Hoffmann (vocals) and from Monkton, Otto Funke (bass, vocals).

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Lavendair is a Burlington-based indie folk duo comprised of Brandon Daniels and Jay Mullen. The pair began playing and creating music together during the summer of 2025, bringing  influences from artists like Mt. Joy, The Avett Brothers, and Noah Kahan to their songwriting and performances. With a strong emphasis on vocal harmonics and storytelling, Lavendair aims to create an uplifting and relaxed atmosphere through their music.

We perform original music and creative covers drawing from Blues, Blues Rock, Blues Jazz, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Psychedelic music, and R&B/Soul. Some covers stay true to their original form, while others are reimagined with our own spin—sometimes subtly, sometimes boldly. From razor-sharp, high-energy Blues to soulful, mellow tunes, and deep funk grooves, we honor the tradition of the Blues while embracing originality, improvisation, and fresh expression. Whether electric or acoustic, our music is designed to stir movement—in the body, the heart, and the soul.

Based in Burlington, VT.  Serving Vermont, the Adirondacks, and surrounding regions.​​

https://www.michaelandfriends.net/

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Jeff & Gina have been performing throughout Vermont for several years, featuring a variety of styles and instrumental diversity. Featuring vocals, guitar, viola, flute, tenor guitar, mandolin and fretless ukulele bass , Jeff & GIna offer something that will interest all lovers of  music. From R&B with vocal duets to soaring instrumentals, familiar and unique jazz standards, selections from Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder. Prince, Frank Zappa , Sting and Led Zeppelin, our versatility is our strong point. Whether a private function, wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, restaurant or club gig, Jeff & GIna Duo are sure to please. We are also available as a trio, with Tim O’brien on drums, a little edgier, most enjoyable addition!

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Gather your family and friends for a fun-filled evening of trivia at Trivia Night at TH! We’ve got FIVE exciting games during the 90 min trivia session, and guess what? There will be prizes! So, come on down and let’s test your knowledge together.

This event is meant for a 21+ crowd

Come on out to celebrate (the end of) Oktoberfest Season at Two Heroes! We’re pre-selling custom Beer Steins that you can pick up anytime Saturday 10/24. The cost of the stein is $20 and your first pour is free!* https://square.link/u/ePjVY69M

We’ll celebrate with special menu items, various friendly competitions and round it out with German Band “Inseldudler.” So dust off your lederhosen and dirndls and come join us for our first-ever Oktoberfest!

*must be 21+

Inseldudler is a highly popular, traditional German band based in Chittenden county. They are celebrating 25 years of making music together, growing from their humble beginnings playing polkas at Applefests in South Hero in 2001 (hence their name translating to “Island Tooters”)

The group is now a staple of the New England autumn season, specializing in traditional German folk music, including lively polkas, waltzes, and classic beer-hall anthems.

The band brings authentic Bavarian energy to their shows, complete with traditional lederhosen & dirndls, brass instruments, and interactive crowd engagement. They perform a mix of energetic accordion, brass, and percussion arrangements designed to get crowds swaying, clinking steins, and dancing the polka.

Find out where else they’re playing this season: https://www.facebook.com/inseldudler

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Justin 'Jabbo' Martin is a seasoned guitar player from New England having played with numerous bands including Johnny Fireseed, The Big Daddy Band and Sons Lunaris. As a solo act he plays a chill mix of blues, and folk music (with a bit of rock n' roll thrown in for flavor). Playing everything from slide guitar Blues to fingerpicking folk tunes. Expect an intimate acoustic show with some soul and some jams!

Andrew Richards is a Burlington, Vermont-based singer-songwriter and acoustic musician whose music blends the intimacy of traditional folk with the warmth and improvisational spirit of jazz. A baritone vocalist and guitarist, Andrew brings a soulful, understated presence to every performance, pairing thoughtful songwriting with a sound rooted in classic American music.

After spending four years performing and recording in New York City, Andrew returned to his native Vermont and has become a fixture of the New England music scene. His solo performances move comfortably between intimate listening rooms, bars, breweries, and festivals, with a repertoire that balances original songs and carefully chosen covers.

Whether performing for a quiet room or a lively crowd, Andrew’s music is centered on strong storytelling, expressive vocals, and the simple connection between a musician and an audience.