Me&Thee Music will continue its Friday night live music tradition Feb. 6 with the hot jazz sounds of Brazil by Teresa Inês and her quartet.
Inês’ music draws from a wide range of Brazilian styles, bridging cultures and genres including acoustic fusion, MPB (Música Popular Brasileira), bossa nova, samba and baião. Her new group features some of the Boston area’s finest jazz musicians: Fernando Brandão on flutes, Maxim Lubarsky on piano, Fernando Huergo on bass and Steve Langone on drums. Music begins at 8 p.m.
Me&Thee founder Anthony Silva said he is looking forward to the season’s diverse lineup.
“We are offering a wider variety of musical styles, including Brazilian jazz, samba, bossa nova and MPB as well as blues, Americana, acoustic pop, classic jazz, fire-driven Celtic and swing blues,” Silva told the Current. “We’re bringing a world-class Celtic band, The Tannahill Weavers, in from Scotland for their only Boston-area appearance and showcasing a winner from the hit TV show ‘The Voice,’ Cara Brindisi, to our stage. It should be a pretty exciting season.”
The season continues Feb. 20 with acclaimed Americana blues raconteur Ray Bonneville and award-winning singer-songwriter Kevin Connolly sharing the stage. Individually, they have released more than 23 albums. Bonneville has received the International Folk Alliance Song of the Year Award, and Connolly has toured internationally while writing music for numerous major motion pictures and films.
A special concert is scheduled March 6 with swing-jazz duo Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick celebrating the 50th anniversary of their distinctive finger-style guitar and clarinet collaboration. The duo has been frequently featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “A Prairie Home Companion,” as well as on numerous film and television soundtracks. Their repertoire ranges from obscure Duke Ellington tunes to Gershwin classics and complex Jelly Roll Morton arrangements.
On March 20, direct from Paisley, Scotland, the Me&Thee will present the only Boston-area appearance of legendary Celtic band The Tannahill Weavers. The group has built an international reputation for its powerful Celtic music, blending traditional melodies with fire-driven instrumentals, and has been inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.
American folk icon Eric Anderson comes to the Me&Thee on Friday, April 10, with Steve Addabbo. Anderson was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and rose to national prominence with songs such as “Thirsty Boots” and “Violets of Dawn.” He has written music for the Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt and Bob Dylan.
From season 22 of “The Voice,” Cara Brindisi will bring her contemporary acoustic music to the Me&Thee on April 17. Both Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani turned their chairs during Brindisi’s performance of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well.” Brindisi will feature songs from her debut album, “I Am Home.”
On May 1, swing blues band The Smack Dabs will make its Me&Thee debut, featuring music by Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and the Harlem Hamfats, among others.
The Me&Thee’s 56th season will close Friday, May 15, with musician and songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, who has just released her 10th album, “The Lucy Story.” The double album includes mostly unreleased tracks and offers a retrospective of her career, which has taken her to major concert halls and small clubs throughout the United States and Europe.
Throughout the season, the Me&Thee will collect donations of nonperishable food items for the Marblehead Food Pantry before each performance.
Tickets are available online only at meandthee.org and in person locally at Arnould Gallery, 111 Washington St. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., with community seating.
The Me&Thee is an all-volunteer, nonprofit arts organization sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St. Freshly baked desserts, coffee, tea, water and mulled cider are served each week.
