"Mass. residents could be forced to submit government IDs ... to tech companies to prove their age, according to state Reps. Erika Uyterhoeven and Mike Connolly, the only Democrats who voted against the bill."
shoutout to @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social and @electerika.bsky.social
Weekend gigs, brought to you by Zouki the very handsome boy
Metrowest folks, we'll be in your area soon! We're the featured act at the LOMA Bemis Hall open mic on Monday, April 13.
Address: 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln
Doors: 6:30pm
Admission: Free
Email Rich at loma3re@gmail.com to grab a performance slot. Sound system and mics all provided.
Gig alert! Sat Apr 11 Andy and I will be at Rockland, MA's Sandpaper Factory, with our host Rob Henriksen opening. What's not to love about making music in a rehabbed space surrounded by art?
Tickets are $17, doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 7.
www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music...
Here's this week's episode of Classic Folk featuring tracks by:
Kirsty Merryn
@lindsaystraw.com
Lankum
Gemma Khawaja
Ewan McLennan
The Musical Priest
Rattle on the Stovepipe
The Expatriate Game
Last Orders
Ewan MacColl
Waterson:Carthy
Fotheringay
& many more!
www.efdss.org/listen
Excited for the Down Home Up Here festival happening next month at Club Passim! We'll be doing a set on Sunday, April 19 at 5pm. We hope you'll come see us and stick around for the rest of that stacked lineup!
Tickets available now:
www.passim.org/live-music/c...
Fire Kristi Noem.
Fire Stephen Miller.
Fire Tom Homan.
Prosecute every last one of Trump's thugs who are murdering Americans and terrorizing our communities.
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Zoukology 2026 is around the corner! Join us for classes, jamming and more from Jan 29-Feb 1 in Albuquerque, NM for an informal celebration of mandolin & bouzouki family instruments, this year with special guest Frances Cunningham!
For more information, visit: mandology.net/zoukology
Excited for the first New Grown-Ups show of 2026! If you're in the area, join us for an intimate house show in Winchester, MA on Sat Jan 10. Tickets must be snagged in advance!
www.ticketleap.events/tickets/sadi...
New Grown-ups CD
The New Grown-Ups album is now available on CD for all you old school physical media consumers! Fiddle tunes, country songs, trad ballads and some band originals thrown in for good measure. I'm very proud of this this crew and all the music we make!
thenewgrownups.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
December 5-21, I'll be providing a musical intro for theater goers at the Greater Boston Stage Co's premier of "An Irish Carol" in Stoneham, MA!
I’ll joined by either Cara Frankowicz or Clare Fraser (fiddle), or Dan Accardi (accordion).
www.greaterbostonstage.org/shows-ticket...
Latest video up now! Andy Cambria and I love "Wealth of Sorrow" by the amazing PNW songwriter and performer Cahalen Morrison. Check out this epic seven verse song now: youtu.be/2evZWo_M3do?...
#acousticmusic #irishbouzouki #livemusic
Excited for Boston Celtic Music Fest 2026! Cara, Dan and I will be doing a Dayfest set at the Burren on Saturday, January 17 at 1:15pm, with lots of amazing friends playing before and after.
Grab your Dayfest tix: www.passim.org/live-music/b...
#bcmfest #bcmfest2026 #celticmusic
Trying my first video post here on Bluesky! Here's a bit of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You," played on my Jewitt 00-13c.
Full vid: youtu.be/d5IKd1RXg2w
#acousticmusic #townesvanzandt
Playing Thursday night 10/16 with Andy Cambria at Fivesparks in Harvard, MA!
youtu.be/cDRwuH1tAz4
Get yer tix: www.fivesparks.org/event/rd-kin...
Yep. If you think music is "boring/soulless/whatever" now, you have given over your autonomy to the algorithm
Just about three weeks away from a show I'm very excited for! Andy & I will be splitting the stage with fingerstyle virtuoso R.D. King in Harvard, MA at Fivesparks on Oct 16 at 7:30. Join us if you can!
Tix: $22 advance/27 at door
www.fivesparks.org/event/rd-kin...
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
Excited for the brand new Crooked River Gathering happening in Hiram, ME this Labor Day weekend, where I'll be playing with The New Grown-Ups in a late night set on Friday at 9:30pm and our main set on Saturday at 3:45pm!
Grab tix:
events.humanitix.com/the-crooked-...
Who loses if Republicans pass this big ugly bill?
Americans who can’t afford health care;
Families who need a little help putting food on the table;
Grandmas and grandpas;
Nursing homes;
Veterans;
Little babies & their mamas.
Yet another good reason to get the heck off Spotify if you haven't already. Stop giving this AI peddling ghoul your money and support artists directly!
Judging by the sweltering heat, farmers market season is well underway! Here's where you can catch me playing some al fresco tunes this summer into fall.
For more info: lindsaystraw.com
Honored to sing on June 1 in the debut of my friend Christine Hedden's gorgeous new piece "Solstice" in the Song for the Earth benefit concert for Mass Audubon!
This will take place at the South Shore Conservatory in Hingham, MA.
support.sscmusic.org/.../songs-fo...
Latest video up now featuring Andy Cambria! A little vintage angst with a cover of Richard Thompson's "Withered & Died".
youtu.be/MyoVa3IgQ3o
Artisan Guitar Show 2025 wrap-up! Honored to spend last weekend in Harrisburg repping Jewitt Guitars and presenting some incredible guitars from Noemi Schembri and Kathy Wingert.
See more videos and photos on my blog:
lindsaystraw.com/blog/2025/4/...
While Donald Trump was relaxing on the golf course over the weekend, working people had to worry about rising prices and an economic crash.
Congress has the power to reel in the dumbest trade war in history—and stop this madness.
All we need is a handful of Republican votes to reverse course.
Latest video out now! #beatles
youtu.be/urzZWn93mC8?...
Get the tab:
www.patreon.com/lindsaystraw...
Just a little over a week away from the Artisan Guitar Show!
Thrilled to be presenting for Noemi Guitars and Wingert Guitars, presenting for the Student Outreach Program, and of course repping for @jewittguitars.bsky.social. It's going to be a fun #guitar filled weekend!
artisanguitarshow.com
