The Traveling Teardrops is a Nashville-based duo comprised of Bronwen Fair and Noah G. Fowler specializing in well-crafted folk, Americana, and original tunes. Their nostalgic sound is influenced by the likes of Jim and Ingrid Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, and Nancy Griffith. Bronwen Fair.

The second AND fourth Thursday of EVERY month! That means its time for our Irish Seisiun! What is an Irish Seisiun?

Unlike a performance, the musicians at a seisiun are playing for enjoyment as much for each other as for anyone who comes to listen. There are a core group of players, and others who drop in now and then. In fact, we never know who will show up or what instruments they will play—all completely acoustic and unamplified bringing the barn to life organically!

Usually one person will start a tune, and those who know it join in. Musicians play until they feel like stopping or switch tunes. The origin and spirit of this music is in playing for dancers. If Irish dancers drop by to this seisiun, they will be welcome, too! Feel free to make requests if you know an Irish tune.

To this group of musicians, virtuosity is less valued than the collective effort.

We love our Irish music here at the Barn, especially when you can’t help but get up and sing along and dance! The Coffin Ships will have you doing just that with a fun, raucously night of Irish tunes!

This Acoustic Friday we are featuring Dann Pell.

Our Acoustic Friday series features amazing singer-songwriters showcasing their original as well as amazing renditions of some of your favorites! Every Friday - no cover charge.

Jon Caspi & The First Gun are a multi-genre band, from heartland rock to punk, indie, Americana, anthem, and even folk...they do it all.

Caspi has been a longstanding figure in the NJ indie, singer/songwriter, alternative and punk scenes. In the late 80’s he fronted the new wave band Bouncing Off Bob, which charted on the national college radio CMJ Top 100. He started as a solo artist in the early 2000’s with the release of three albums, which received national radio play and one was converted into a musical theater production with sold out shows. His song This Town, about the town of Keyport, NJ, became a town “hit” resulting in the local diner naming a sandwich after him, called “The Caspi Special.”

In 2011, Caspi started revisiting his punk and American anthem roots with his band Jon Caspi & The First Gun. One of the band's major achievements came in the form of a barroom, hooligan, singalong and fan favorite, Raise ‘Em High!  This song has become a cult hit in his home state of New Jersey. Legendary WFMU DJ, Jonesey, has selected this tune as his official 2pm toast song which has increased the band’s fanbase and is at the center of a large Facebook group. In 2022, they recorded a new version of the song with Jonesey listener and NYC music icon, Jesse Malin (D Generation), who sings on the track. Dez Cadena (Black Flag, Misfits), who was a member of The First Gun from 2017-2022 is also featured on the track. The band’s label, Fake Chapter Records, released the track on streaming platforms and on vinyl. A local brewery also released a beer, inspired by the track and called Raise Em High! The mayor of Aberdeen, NJ signed a proclamation making it the official beer of Aberdeen Day. The band has collaborated with other notable artists including Richard Holgarth (Eddie & The Hotrods, John Otway) and Pete Steinkopf (Bouncing Souls).  A full-lenth is planned for late 2024/early 2025.

A compelling live artist and storyteller, Caspi, performs both with band and solo acoustic  and has shared the stage with acts such as Bruce Springsteen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Gaslight Anthem, Glenn Tillbrook (Squeeze), The Smithereens, ~X~, Dramarama, Willie Nile, Jeffrey Gaines, Jesse Malin, The Dickies, Adolescents, The Wallflowers, & many more.

J.M. Clifford is a singer-songwriter and music educator from Brooklyn, NY.  His music draws on Bluegrass, Folk and Americana.  Clifford’s debut record, “On a Saturday Night,” was featured in The Bluegrass Situation and received rave reviews from Bluegrass Today and Holler Country.  Clifford was an Official Showcase Artist at the 2023 IBMA Business Conference in Raleigh, NC.  He is also an accomplished songwriter.  His single “Slow Rolling Train” earned him a spot in the final round of the 2023 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Festival and the 2022 IBMA Songwriter Showcase.  He was invited back to perform his latest single “Complicated Man” at the 2023 IBMA Songwriter Showcase.  Clifford has toured nationally, and his end-of-summer lineup took him along the East Coast, featuring performances at The Outpost in North Carolina, The Highlands Bluegrass Festival in New York, and the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Maine. 

Clifford’s upcoming record was produced by platinum-selling artist Ron Pope and features Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Seth Taylor (guitar), Jeff Partin (dobro), and Jeff Picker (bass).  The record’s first single, “Complicated Man,” was released on September 20, 2023 and was added to the New Grass editorial Spotify playlist.  His second single, “Raised in the Ashes” was added to Spotify’s Indy Bluegrass playlist.  

 When he’s not leading crowds in song, Clifford leads his students as a NYC elementary school music teacher and Director of the youth Bluegrass ensemble at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.  

Erika Sherger is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Northern New Jersey. Though she has been writing songs and playing instruments since she was a child, she was essentially a closet songwriter for many years, practicing guitar and using songwriting as a tool to process her emotions. After life circumstances conspired in just the right way to make her ready to share her music, Erika went to her first open mic in 2019. She felt at home immediately in the warm and supportive music community in Northern NJ and she immersed herself in the local music scene. Before long, she began recording her music and playing shows with some of the new friends she met on her musical journey. 

Erika's songs are honest and raw responses to the different emotional terrain she has traversed, from found and lost love, losing her mother to ALS, to riding her completely blind horse, Levon.

Erika openly embraces the beauty and pain of life, and her voice (both figuratively and literally) is clear and powerful. The emotional rawness of her songs really reach into the heart and have been known to evoke deep emotion in some listeners. The autobiographical style of her songs, set among an indie folk/ Americana landscape, tells stories with courage and humility. Erika's songs ring true with an authenticity that is enhanced by her unique and memorable vocal style, which is most often compared to Stevie Nicks, Linda Rondstadt and Natalie Merchant.

Erika grew up listening to the Beatles, the classic rock of the 60's and 70's, Neil Young, 80's pop (Pat Benatar and Cyndi Lauper), and favorite artists such as Peter Gabriel and the Grateful Dead. Her songwriting is heavily informed by Americana, indie folk and alt-country like Ryan Adams, Wilco, Iron and Wine and many others.

Erika can often be found playing songwriter shows or playing weekend gigs at bars, restaurants and coffee houses in New Jersey and Pennsylania. She released her first EP, Like Birds, in March 2021, a complication of 8 songs she wrote during COVID. Her second release, a full-length album of 12 songs called Bad Wolf, was released in March 2023. Erika is currently recording her third album, which she hopes to release in summer or fall of 2024. 

James visits the Barn for the first time bringing a bluesy, neo jazz acoustic mix.

Are you bursting to share an original song or unique cover arrangement? Do you want to play a few songs in a cool old barn in a supportive community focused on musicality and originality?

We take sound quality and artist support seriously—from a three-person team with sound engineer to the equipment we provide—and we are seeking musicians who want to show off their talents or simply test a song. Please review our guidelines and be sure to register.

Please register by CLICKING HERE!

• Participants must be 18 years or older.

• 12 spots per night, and each participant has 3 songs or up to 10 minutes.

• If all online spots are full, you are welcome to come in as a stand-by performer, but we cannot guarantee a spot.

• Musicians may be acoustic or electric.

• We reserve the right not to have a participant perform or to stop and ask a participant to leave if we find any content offensive.

Mark has been passionately playing guitar since he was 13 years old. Growing up he learned to play what he heard on the radio. Mostly self-taught, he started playing professionally shortly after graduating from the PA College of Optometry in 1985. In 2022 he released his first album of contemporary Blues music entitled “Can’t You See”.  His album has been played on SiriusXM radio and on other radio stations around the country. Mark regularly performs in the greater Philadelphia area while still maintaining an independent optometric practice in Levittown, PA.

Dave Fields live is an electrifying experience. His soulful singing is punctuated with a performance of guitar virtuosity, blues, rock and beyond. His song writing stylings will keep you reeling as well as his power as an entertainer. Each performance is unique unto themselves and is a scintillating, mind bending and uplifting.

Join us for the ultimate Star Wars party!

2:00 - 5:00 the Tigerman Band filled with Jedi’s comes to entertain you with the best party favorites while also bringing the Cantina to life.

Enjoy fresh pours of our Schwartzbeer - May the Schwartz Be With You - as we pay homage to a classic.

Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars characters and receive 10% off your first beer!

Tony and The Trees is a soulful Americana blues funk band with deep roots in the Somerset County soil! Channeling inspiration from classic and contemporary acts, their set list is loaded with covers and originals for everyone to enjoy.  Throughout the night there will be swag contests and giveaways awarded by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ in celebration of the labor of the Localvour! 

www.instagram.com/tony_and_the_trees 

Join Long Hill String Band every FIRST Thursday of the month. These sessions are 100% acoustic, run 7-9 and all are welcome to bring an instrument and play.

A bit about the Long Hill String Band:

The Long Hill String Band, with fiddle, banjo, mandolin, upright bass, guitar and voice, plays Old-Time music, also called American roots music or bluegrass, although Old Time is the predecessor to blue grass. The music includes reels, jigs, square dance tunes, waltzes, rags and ballads, and tunes to sing along with.

The music dates mostly to the 1800’s with its roots principally from England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Africa. Settlers from these areas carried with them tunes and instruments from their homelands to the Appalachian mountains and valleys, where they created a new music style that embodied their hardships, joys, and experiences.

The Long Hill String Band is comprised of Karl Varnai (fiddle), George Skic (bass), Bob Bell (banjo, vocal), Charlie Pearlman (guitar, vocal), Bob Safranek (mandolin), and Ron Steveson (fiddle, vocal).

At his core, the introspective 47-year-old Montrey is the prototypical road-worn artist who has lived enough life to pour those experiences into his craft with uncompromising honesty. From passing family members, going through a divorce, having a child, and starting a business running music programs for adults with disabilities, adulthood’s joys and tests have all etched their marks into his soul over the last turbulent decade-plus.

In terms of legacy, Montrey has been a fixture in the music scene long enough to avoid clichés about musical journeys; his work speaks for itself. His previous collaborations with names like Grammy-winning producers Jim Scott and Marc Swersky brought different flavors to his music. However, with Love, Time & Mortality, Montrey brings us into his most personal songwriting yet.

Aided by an impeccable cast of musicians, like pedal steel wizard Jack Stanton and upright bassist Mike Noordzy, vocalist Jen Augustine, Santo Rizzolo on drums, violinist Nicole Scorsone, and John Ginty on Hammond B3 organ, Vintage Vibe, and piano, every passage hits with uncanny human warmth and intimacy. Just absorb the gorgeous closer “Emotionally Yours,” where Montrey’s gruff baritone wraps itself around Bob Dylan’s timeless melody like a long-lost relative sharing sage advice by the fireside.

In the end, Montrey emerges as that song’s namesake – an emotionally rich storyteller baring his soul and psyche in a brutally honest fashion. Love, Time & Mortality is his State of the Human Condition address, confronting our deepest strifes and joys without filter or copious arty pretense getting in the way.

Are you bursting to share an original song or unique cover arrangement? Do you want to play a few songs in a cool old barn in a supportive community focused on musicality and originality?

We take sound quality and artist support seriously—from a three-person team with sound engineer to the equipment we provide—and we are seeking musicians who want to show off their talents or simply test a song. Please review our guidelines and be sure to register.

Please register by CLICKING HERE!

• Participants must be 18 years or older.

• 12 spots per night, and each participant has 3 songs or up to 10 minutes.

• If all online spots are full, you are welcome to come in as a stand-by performer, but we cannot guarantee a spot.

• Musicians may be acoustic or electric.

• We reserve the right not to have a participant perform or to stop and ask a participant to leave if we find any content offensive.

This trad Irish band is used to playing at huge Irish fests as well as local Irish legend, the Willie Lynch Band, they will be bringing it down to a 3-piece for a night of great Irish trad in the Barn!

The second AND fourth Thursday of EVERY month! That means its time for our Irish Seisiun! What is an Irish Seisiun?

Unlike a performance, the musicians at a seisiun are playing for enjoyment as much for each other as for anyone who comes to listen. There are a core group of players, and others who drop in now and then. In fact, we never know who will show up or what instruments they will play—all completely acoustic and unamplified bringing the barn to life organically!

Usually one person will start a tune, and those who know it join in. Musicians play until they feel like stopping or switch tunes. The origin and spirit of this music is in playing for dancers. If Irish dancers drop by to this seisiun, they will be welcome, too! Feel free to make requests if you know an Irish tune.

To this group of musicians, virtuosity is less valued than the collective effort.

An acoustic Beatles tribute band that brings the timeless classics of the iconic British band to life with an authentic and captivating energy. Their repertoire includes a wide variety of classic Beatles songs from different eras, as well as deep cuts and many tracks that were never performed live by the Beatles themselves.

What sets The Britles apart is their attention to detail in recreating the sound and feel of the original recordings, which is truly impressive. Their incredible musicianship and harmonies capture the essence of the Beatles, making each performance a truly unforgettable experience that will transport audiences back in time. The band has performed at a variety of venues throughout New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, including music festivals, bars, breweries, vineyards and private events, where they have developed a loyal following of fans who appreciate their authentic and high-energy performances.

If you're a fan of the Beatles or just love classic music, be sure to catch The Britles in action for an evening that will have you singing along and dancing to the sounds of one of the greatest bands in music history.

Join Long Hill String Band every FIRST Thursday of the month. These sessions are 100% acoustic, run 7-9 and all are welcome to bring an instrument and play.

A bit about the Long Hill String Band:

The Long Hill String Band, with fiddle, banjo, mandolin, upright bass, guitar and voice, plays Old-Time music, also called American roots music or bluegrass, although Old Time is the predecessor to blue grass. The music includes reels, jigs, square dance tunes, waltzes, rags and ballads, and tunes to sing along with.

The music dates mostly to the 1800’s with its roots principally from England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Africa. Settlers from these areas carried with them tunes and instruments from their homelands to the Appalachian mountains and valleys, where they created a new music style that embodied their hardships, joys, and experiences.

The Long Hill String Band is comprised of Karl Varnai (fiddle), George Skic (bass), Bob Bell (banjo, vocal), Charlie Pearlman (guitar, vocal), Bob Safranek (mandolin), and Ron Steveson (fiddle, vocal).

Returning to the Barn is Coo Coo Cachoo, the acoustic duo of Eddie J and Tom bring the songs of Simon & Garfunkel to Flounder. Ed was a key friend when we first opened the Barn that helped link us up with some great talent that continues to play at the Barn over the years. Come in for some great classics with other favorites thrown in as well.

It’s always been about the music for Kyle Hancharick, a singer/songwriter from

Warwick, New York. His passionate performances are punctuated by a crisp acoustic

guitar and soaring tenor vocals. This is best shown in his 2018 EP “Breathe,” a four

song project consisting only of acoustic guitar, bass and vocals. And that’s all that’s

needed for this artist whose roots are planted in contemporary folk music.

Kyle takes in the world, processes it and turns it into song with his own special touch.

He has a unique take on things, a view of the world others may not necessarily notice.

He continues to grow as an artist, sharing his story and messages of love and peace.

Above all, though, it’s still about the music.

Our Acoustic Friday series features amazing singer-songwriters showcasing their original as well as amazing renditions of some of your favorites! Every Friday - no cover charge.

The second AND fourth Thursday of EVERY month! That means its time for our Irish Seisiun! What is an Irish Seisiun?

Unlike a performance, the musicians at a seisiun are playing for enjoyment as much for each other as for anyone who comes to listen. There are a core group of players, and others who drop in now and then. In fact, we never know who will show up or what instruments they will play—all completely acoustic and unamplified bringing the barn to life organically!

Usually one person will start a tune, and those who know it join in. Musicians play until they feel like stopping or switch tunes. The origin and spirit of this music is in playing for dancers. If Irish dancers drop by to this seisiun, they will be welcome, too! Feel free to make requests if you know an Irish tune.

To this group of musicians, virtuosity is less valued than the collective effort.

Cold Weather Company blends the influences and experiences of three singer-songwriters (Steve Shimchick, Jeff Petescia, and Brian Curry) into a cinematic, storytelling soundscape. What sprouted with a serendipitous park bench meeting at Rutgers University grew roots through dorm room and cabin recordings, branching out with performances near and far. With mirroring guitars on either side of the piano, the band’s symmetry reflects this balance between individuality and cohesion.

On their latest records and for select live shows, the trio is joined by percussion, brass, strings, and more instrumentation to expand their distinctive alternative-folk foundation.

Love and respect for their craft, supplemented by a desire to contribute to the dynamic world of music propels CWC as they approach their eleventh anniversary as a band. With more than 10 million online streams and 60 released songs, CWC is excited to announce more music and performance dates this year, with a fifth full-length album due by early 2025.

Koda Gursoy a young singer-songwriter who got his start in Boonton, NJ singing indie-folk music at open-mics and small gigs at local venues. He released his debut EP, Know Me, in 2023, and has since followed it up with a full length album, In Between Scenes, released in June 2024. Currently a college student, he sings with a semi-professional acapella group, the Princeton Footnotes, continuing to write and produce music from his dorm room.

Are you bursting to share an original song or unique cover arrangement? Do you want to play a few songs in a cool old barn in a supportive community focused on musicality and originality?

We take sound quality and artist support seriously—from a three-person team with sound engineer to the equipment we provide—and we are seeking musicians who want to show off their talents or simply test a song. Please review our guidelines and be sure to register.

Please register by CLICKING HERE!

• Participants must be 18 years or older.

• 12 spots per night, and each participant has 3 songs or up to 10 minutes.

• If all online spots are full, you are welcome to come in as a stand-by performer, but we cannot guarantee a spot.

• Musicians may be acoustic or electric.

• We reserve the right not to have a participant perform or to stop and ask a participant to leave if we find any content offensive.

With St. Patrick’s falling on a Monday we figure we keep the party going Sunday afternoon with Na’Bodach. Always a high energy show with a lot of Celtic music with some incredible renditions of popular covers thrown in. This 6 piece Celtic rock band brings the party every time.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s with us as we welcome back to the Barn after quite a while - Faoilean! This Irish Trad once had a residency here in our first two years that we were open at Carriage Farm. During this residency these three lads brought energy, song, dance, special guests, and a foot stomping and hand clapping good time playing their versions of traditional Irish tunes, Celtic favorites and a bunch of sea shanties thrown in there!

Maura Glynn returns for St. Patrick’s Friday as a duo playing a lot of your favorites as well as some incredible renditions of Irish favorites.

Leading into 5 days straight of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day we start with a special Irish Session lead by Faoilean, our favorite Irish Trad Trio! Come in for amazing Irish musicians hanging in the corner playing away while enjoying a pour of Black Emerald.