5 Live Music Musts: Friday, November 22nd, 2013
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Ken Abrams, GoLocalWorcester Music Critics
The Tedeschi Trucks Band will rock the Lynn Memorial Auditorium this weekend.
A variety of live music greats for us this weekend…
Roy Bookbinder
Start tonight in Framingham at the Amazing Things Arts Center where acoustic Blues guitar legend Roy Bookbinder is performing. He’s the definition of a road warrior and it’s an American history lesson in the Blues when Bookbinder plays. You can also pick up his new album, “The Good Book,” while you’re there. Peg Espinola opens at 8PM – tickets are $20 with discounts for students and seniors.
Loudboy with Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse
Also tonight, head to The Lucky Dog Music Hall for Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse! and Loudboy featuring members of The Dresden Dolls and The Violent Femmes. You’ll hear the alt/punk sound on Loudboy’s new CD “Ultra MK.” Call My Names opens the show at 9PM – tickets are only $8.
Tedeschi – Trucks Band
Tomorrow night, head up to the Lynn Memorial Auditorium for local hero Susan Tedeschi and her husband Derek to see The Tedeschi Trucks Band. (We guess he’s pretty well-known too!) The band is in town after returning from a multi-city tour of Canada. The show is at 8PM - Jaime Woods opens. Tickets are available here starting at $44.20.
Jazz Greats at Chan’s
Saturday night, Jazz fans can be part of a live recording at Chan’s in Woonsocket, RI. Saxophonist and noted Berklee Professor Dan Moretti will be recording a live album featuring acclaimed guitarist Duke Robillard. It’s planned as a tribute album to jazz greats Stanley Tourentine, Kenny Burrell, and Jimmy Smith. It should be quite an evening featuring two world class performers. Tickets are still available at $18 – show starts at 8PM.
Legendary Daughters – Shankar And Presley
Finally, two great shows await this weekend at the Park Theatre in Cranston, RI. Tonight, Anoushka Shankar, sitar extraordinaire, and daughter of the late Ravi Shankar, performs with her band. Show is at 8PM - Tickets are available here. Tomorrow, the talented Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of “The King,” is in town. Show starts at 7:30PM. Click here for tickets. For more on these artists, check our full preview yesterday on GoLocalProv.
Related Slideshow: The 12 Best Pizzas In New England 2013
According to the Daily Meal, twelve of the America's101 best pizzas can be found right here in New England. Take a look, and find out where you can get your next tasty pie.
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#12 Galleria Umberto Rosticceria (Boston)
Cheese Pizza
Overall Rank: #85
A North End staple, Galleria Umberto is a by-the-slice pizza place that often features lines extending around the block. The interior features no frills, the menu is quite simple, but their cheese pizza has long been been considered to be Boston's best.
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#11 Picco (Boston)
Margherita Pizza
Overall Rank: 76
Located next to Boston Center for the Arts, Picco is a full-service restaurant featuring a wide selection of Mediterranean cuisine. Though the margherita pizza is the reason they made the list, they also have several inventive pie options such as Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash & Fontina, or Roasted Eggplant & Cauliflower.
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#10 Al Forno (Old Saybrook, CT)
Margherita Pizza
Overall Rank: 68
Established in 1992, Al Forno (Not the one in Providence) uses a brick oven heated to over 600 degrees to create some of the best pizzas on the New Haven shoreline. They have received favorable reviews in the New York Times and Hartford Courant, and were named as one of Zagat's "Top 1000 Italian Restauants in America" in 2008.
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#9 Coppa (Boston)
Salsiccia Pizza
Overall Rank: 54
The wood-fired pizza at Coppa compliments a full menu of traditional italian dishes crafted by owner-chefs Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette. Early in his culinary career, Oringer worked as pastry chef at Providence's Al Forno, which also made this list.
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Lamb Pizza
Overall Rank: 41
Scampo, the first-floor restaurant within the famous prison-turned-hotel, Liberty Hotel, features a full menu of inventive italian-inspired cuisine, which also draws on Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern flavors. The Lamb pizza, which makes the list, is only one of several unique pie options on their menu.
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Mozzarella, Sausage, and Garlic Pizza
Overall Rank: 29
Established in 1903, the East Boston-based Santarpio's is the three-time defending award winner of "Best Traditional Pizza" by Boston Magazine. The family-owned features New York-style pizza and has become a landmark in the Boston area.
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Sausage Pizza
Overall Rank:27
Colony Grill, established in Stamford's largest Irish neighborhood in 1935, features thin-crust style pizza. Their menu is very simple, including only the staple pizza ingredients, allowing the restaurant to offer "a one-of-a-kind thin-crust pizza that is served simply."
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Melanzane Pizza
Overall Rank: 22
Though they have more than a dozen locations, Regina Pizzeria's original location in Boston's North End serves as a neighborhood staple and landmark. Many of the pizzeria's menu items are old family recipes dating back to its establishment in 1926.
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Italian Bomb Pizza
Overall Rank: 11
Founded in 1934, Modern Apizza features brick oven-style pizzas. Their traditional Italian menu features many great pies and specialty items, but are on this list due to the "Italian Bomb," a pizza covered in bacon, sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, onion, pepper, and garlic.
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#3 Al Forno (Providence, RI)
Margarita Pizza
Overall Rank: 10
Chef-owners Johanne Killeen and George Germon established Al Forno in 1980 to bring simple renditions of food rooted in various Italian regions to Providence. Their signature margarita pizza has been named to several "best pizza" lists in recent years, such as Food and Wine magazine.
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Tomato Pie
Overall Rank: 7
Sally's, established in 1938 by Salvatore Consiglio, is renown for its thin crust pizza which has been made in the same coal-fired oven for more than 60 years. Salvatore was the nephew of Frank Pepe, whose pizza also made the list.
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White Clam Pizza
Overall Rank:1
Established in 1925, Frank Pepe's Pizzeria's white clam pizza is rated as not only the best pizza in New England, but also best in all of America. The pizzeria uses coal-fired brick ovens, and uses only fresh clams in their most famous pie. Frank Pepe's has been a favorite for many celebrities over the years, including Ronald Regan and Frank Sinatra.
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