Swampy blues from some of Boston’s best musicians.
Mule Variations w/ Jim Rioux
5pm doors/6pm show
18+ | $12 adv./$15 day of
An exciting blend of the best Americana songs, musical styles, and songwriters! Inspired by musical heroes Tom Waits, JJ Cale, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Pops Staples, singer-songwriter Kevin Connolly (voted “Best of Boston”) has put together a powerful approach to playing their songs, along with several complimentary originals. Covering blues, pop, soul, and country, Mule Variations pays tribute and gets down to the serious business of having fun and features some of Boston’s best musicians! We call it LO-FI-SWAMP-GROOVE.
Jim Rioux is a multi-instrumentalist, playing with such acts as The Pomeroys, Tiger Saw, Guy Capecelatro III, Summer the Winter, and Jonathan Blakeselee and the Fronds. He has released three solo albums with Burst and Bloom records—Darlings of the Soil (2016), yes I will Yes (2018), and The Hook (2023). In addition, he released the EP Mercury with Forest Route Records in 2023, as well as the singles “Season of the Stranger” in 2022 and “Some Kind of Ghost—featuring Jolie Holland” in 2021. He most recently published his second book of poems, Too Close To Be So Far Away, on the Burst and Bloom imprint. He teaches writing at the University of New Hampshire and lives in Kittery, ME with his wife Amanda and their dog Jimbo.
