Carol Lipnik and Spookarama / Bill Carney's Jug Addicts

CAROL LIPNIK AND SPOOKARAMA. Avant-siren chanteuse Carol Lipnik with her wildly eclectic accompanist, the acclaimed pianist/ multi-instrumentalist, Dred Scott, conjure an authentic Coney Island Parlor Punk that is by turns, phantasmagorical, carnivalesque, gleefully macabre, and irresistibly compelling. Lipnik's dramatic 4-octave voice coupled with her poetic, genre-defying songs (many from the point of view of lovelorn beasts and freaks) are thrilling, chilling and heartbreaking. They have released 5 CDs on Mermaidalley Music. www.mermaidalley.com

BILL CARNEY'S JUG ADDICTS. Sans-Culottes founder and frontman Bill Carney has been leading various jug bands for over 23 years. His latest incarnation, the Brooklyn-based Jug Addicts, has earned a reputation for exciting live shows. Often a large formation, the Jug Addicts are characterized by their powerful, raucous approach to its jug band, old time, tin pan alley, early jazz and blues repertoire