About the Series

   Back in 1999 the Underground Concert Series got its name. We got the name Underground for two reasons, we are physically Underground (at the Library) and we were Underground to the effect that no one was really aware of the series. It does not in anyway signify that we cater to strange underground music, but more to very eclectic world and folk music. It has been a joy to bring many of these musicians to Maplewood over the past few years, many of which are the finest that this planet has to offer.

Here's a few faces of those who have performed at the Underground!

Past Performances

2013
#148 - Saturday, September 28th Go: Organic Orchestra		#149 - Saturday, October 19th Stephane Wrembel
2012
SPRING #146 - Friday, June 1st Stephane Wrembel		Fall #147 - Saturday, December 1st Zoe Lewis
2011
SPRING #145 - Thursday, July 21st Joseph Bowie & Adam Rudolph
2010
SPRING #143 - Friday, April 30th Alexander Kariotis		Fall #144 - Saturday, October 23rd Saakumu Dance Troupe
2009
SPRING #138 - Saturday, January 31st Stephane Wrembel #139 - Saturday, March 7th Uncle Floyd #140 - Saturday, May 2nd Pamela Means		Fall #141 - Saturday, October 17th Stephane Wrembel #142 - Saturday, December 5th Glen Velez & Lori Cotler
2008
SPRING #131 - Saturday, March 31st Uncle Floyd #132 - Saturday, April 12th Munelly, Flaherty & Masure #133 - Saturday, April 19th Jon Regen #134 - Saturday, April 26th Groovelily #135 - Saturday, May 3rd Project #136 - Saturday, May 17th Billy Jonas #137 - Saturday, May 24th Alexander Kariotis
2007
SPRING #120 - Saturday, March 31st Chris Berry #121 - Saturday, April 14th Ayelet Rose #122 - Saturday, April 28th Source #123 - Saturday, May 5th Jen Chapin #124 - Saturday, May 12th Paul & Storm #125 - Saturday, May 19th Cyminology #126 - Friday, May 25th Alexander Kariotis		Fall #127 - Saturday, October 27th Modern Man #128 - Saturday, November 17th Sarah Aroeste #129 - Saturday, December 1st Glen Velez & Lori Cotler #130 - Saturday, December 15th Kakande
2006
SPRING #107 - Saturday, March 18th Glen Velez #108 - Saturday, March 24th Zoe Lewis #109 - Saturday, April 15th Chris Berry #110 - Saturday, April 29th Harmonytryx #111 - Saturday, May 13th Pamela Means #112 - Saturday, May 20th Paul Winter		Fall #113 - Saturday, October 14th Modern Man #114 - Saturday, October 28th Sean Harkness #115 - Saturday, November 11th An Evening of Opera #116 - Friday, November 17th Gandalf Murphy #117 - Saturday, November 25th Rhythm Monsters #118 - Friday December 1st Uncle Floyd #119 - Saturday December 16th Kakande
2005
SPRING Saturday, March 19th Glen Velez Saturday, March 26th Sarah Aroeste Saturday, April 16th Bill Ware Vibes Saturday, April 30th Hip Pickles Saturday, May 7th World Beat Ensemble Saturday, May 14th Rhythm Monsters Friday, May 27th Bobby Few & Avram Fefer		Fall #100 - Saturday, October 15th Paul & Storm #101 - Friday, October 21st Sons of the Never Wrong #102 - Saturday, November 12th Modern Man #103 - Friday, November 18th Magbana #104 - Friday, December 2nd Kakande #105 - Saturday, December 10th Spondoolix #106 - Saturday, December 17th Alexander Kariotis & the Rock and Roll Orchestra
2004
SPRING Saturday, April 17th GrooveLily Saturday, May 1st Skanatra Saturday, May 15th Glen Velez Saturday, May 22nd Rhythm Monsters Saturday, May 29th Paul Winter		FALL Friday, September 17th John Gorka w/ Bar Scott Saturday, October 16th Magbana Saturday, October 23rd Viva Flamenco Saturday, October 30th Peter Mulvey w/ Ryan Fitzsimmons Saturday, November 6th Billy Jonas & All About Buford Saturday, November 13th Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney Saturday, November 20th Fula Flute w/ Lara & Yael Percussione Duo
2003
SPRING Saturday, March 27th John Kruth & Dean Bowman Saturday, April 5th Ginga Pura Saturday, April 19th Glen Velez Saturday, April 26th Mad Agnes Saturday, May 3rd Paul Winter Saturday, May 10th Xiao Xiannian Saturday, May 17th Rhythm Monsters Friday, May 31st DaVinci's Notebook		FALL Friday, Saturday, September 19th & 20th GrooveLily Saturday, September 27th Timothy Liam Smith Saturday, October 11th Eric Schwartz Saturday, October 18th Kevin So Saturday, November 1st Amy Platt Quartet
2002
SPRING Saturday, March 9th GrooveLily Saturday, March 16th Hip Pickles Saturday, March 23rd Porter Saturday, April 6th Magbana Saturday, April 20th Xiannian Xiao Saturday, April 27th Pamela Means Saturday, May 4th Rhythm Monsters Saturday, May 18th Timothy Liam Smith Saturday, May 25th Glen Velez		FALL Friday & Saturday, September 13th & 14th GrooveLily Saturday, September 21st Ayodele Maakheru Saturday, September 28th Eric Schwartz Saturday, October 5th Glen Velez Saturday, October 12th Fakoli with Fode Sissoko Saturday, October 19th Peter Mulvey Saturday, November 2nd Magbana Saturday, November 9th The Amazing Incredibles Saturday, November 23rd Amy Platt Quartet Saturday, November 30th Valerie Naranjo and Barry Olsen
2001
SPRING Saturday, March 3rd Keba 'Bobo' Cissoko and Tamalalou Saturday, March 10th Pamela Means Saturday, March 24th Ahmondylla Best Saturday, March 31st John Kruth Saturday, April 7th Rio Clemente Trio Saturday, April 14th Shee Collective Saturday, April 21st Hip Pickles May 12th Glen Velez Saturday, May 26th Peter Fand & Brooklyn Starfish		FALL Saturday, October 20th Benefit for the WTC Disaster Saturday, October 27th Keba 'Bobo' Cissoko and Tamalalou Saturday, November 3rd Laurie Cagno Band Saturday, November 17th Eugene "Celloman" Friesen Saturday, November 24th Patrick Fitzsimmons Saturday, December 1st Glen Velez Saturday, December 8th Zoe Lewis Saturday, December 15th Source
2000
SPRING Saturday, March 25th Stephanie Stoy Saturday, April 1st Pamela Means Saturday, April 8th Keba 'Bobo' Cissoko and Tamalalou Saturday, April 15th Erik Lawrence and Free World Saturday, April 22nd Dean Bowman Saturday, April 29th Gregg Cagno Saturday, May 6th Glen Velez Saturday, May 13th Rhythm Harvest		FALL Saturday, September 30th Eugene Friesen Saturday, October 7th Laurie Cagno Band Saturday, October 14th Kris Delmhorst and Gregg Cagno Saturday, October 21st Keba 'Bobo' Cissoko and Tamalalou November 4th Glen Velez and Steve Gorn Saturday, November 18th An Evening of Underground Music Saturday, December 2nd Kopeyia Ghana School Fund and The Rhythm Monsters
1999
SPRING Glen Velez Mbiradinda Peter Fand Gregg Cagno Waves with Nadine Fiume		FALL September 11th Glen Velez Saturday, September 18th Peter Mulvey Saturday, September 25th Keba 'Bobo' Cissoko and Tamalalou Saturday, October 2nd Eugene Friesen Saturday, October 9th Glen Fittin Ensemble Saturday, October 16th Kopeyia Ghana School Fund and The Rhythm Monsters Saturday, October 23rd Zoe Lewis Saturday, October 30th Gregg Cagno & Spook Handy Friday, November 5th Valerie Naranjo and Kakraba Lobi

 

Past performers

Art Baron
Ahmondylla Best
All About Buford
Amazing Incredibles
Sarah Aroeste
Chris Berry
Dean Bowman
Gregg Cagno
Laurie Cagno Band
Chris Chandler
Bah Cissoko Trio
Rio Clemente
Jan Corliss
DaVinci's Notebook
Kris Delmhorst
Ethos
Bobby Few
Maxwell Kofi Donkar
Peter Fand & Porter
Glen Fittin Ensemble
Anne Feeney
Patrick Fitzsimmons
Free World
Eugene Friesen
Fula Flute
Marafanyi
Ginga Pura
Steve Gorn
John Gorka
GrooveLily
Spook Handy
Hip Pickles
Billy Jonas
John Kruth
Zoe Lewis
Kakraba Lobi
Mad Agnes
Magbana
Mbiradinda
Pamela Means
Catherine Moon
Peter Mulvey
Valerie Naranjo
Pamela Novick
Elisa Peimer
Pyramid Dance and Drum Ensemble
Rhythm Harvest with Montego Joe
Ayelet Rose
Rhythm Monsters
Shee Collective
Eric Schwartz
Skanatra
Timothy Liam Smith
Kevin So
Source
Tamalalou
Iouri Tsarew
Glen Velez
Viva Flamenco
Paul Winter
Bernard Woma
Xiannian Xiao