Barry Hyman

This is my old-school country duo with singer Aaron Hahn.

This is my old-school country duo with singer Aaron Hahn.

Rain date is 8/12

With Will Mosheim and flamenco guitarist Lobo

The Two Bit Cowboys consists of Aaron Hahn, vocals and rhythm guitar, and Barry Hyman, pedal steel and telecaster.  We play classic old-school country.

We are on a float in the parade, then we park by the firehouse and play another set 

My students will be performing.

We will play a set at the Dick Quinn Memorial

Live music by Barry Hyman and Bliss and Robbie MacIntosh

We played a set at the Open Mic, and they hired us!

This is a benefit for a local charitable group that I respect.  The event runs from 10 am to 4 pm; I am one of several musicians performing, so come early and stay late.

They plow a field with antique tractors while the band plays!

A dozen of my students will be performing.

We are playing in the Catholic church, near the park in Hoosick Falls, starting right after the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

A lot of progressive political groups from the Southern Vermont area will be gathering in Bennington for Martin Luther King's birthday this year.  There will be an art show, readings, a short film, food and beverages, and much useful political information will be shared.  I will be part of the live music.  If you live in the area and care about what is happening in America, please try to come.

I will be playing music as people are entering and finding seats.  Then Miles Hyman (whose graphic novel of "the Lottery" was just released), Ruth Franklin (whose biography of Jackson was just released), and Joyce Carol Oates will be speaking.

My students will be performing; I usually play along with several of the acts.

We'll also be celebrating my 65th birthday...

It is Octoberfest; The Refrigerators will be playing after us.

This is the annual Memorial Day Party at Pompanuck.  I will sit in with Scott Carrino, NATURAL HISTORY will play a set, and then there will be a jam that will include Bruce Williamson.

Come for dinner then music!

I have seven private students at GMC who will be performing as part of the Student Recital

This is a benefit for the annual Hoosick Falls Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

The Dread Resistors is my new reggae and world fusion dance band.  Tropical New Year's Eve Dance Party!  Don't miss it!

Dinner will be served from 5 to 7, then the concert will start.

My students will be performing; I will be accompanying some of them.

We will be providing music for the Veteran's Day celebrations.

I'll be in the Cafe in the basement of Moses Hall.

Hill Holloween!!!

With Special Guest Lucas Sconzo!

This is a church fair to celebrate their new solar system.

This is NOT the Monthly Jam -- this is a full four-hour Hill Hollow concert!  Don't miss it!

For many years in a row the Hill Hollow Band has played at the Berlin Fourth of July Parade.  The full 8- or 9-piece band will be on our one-of-a-kind post-and-beam float, with generator-powered PA.  After the parade we always park in front of the firehouse and play another set while they have a keg party.  There's a great video from last year's parade in the Links section.

Ruth Franklin, who is writing a biography about my mother, the author Shirley Jackson, will be speaking.  I will play some introductory guitar music.

We will be providing the music for the third and final Dan Shapiro Art Opening of the summer.

This date marks the start of our eighth year hosting this jam every month!

I'll be providing music for the "CCV Cafe"

Four of my guitar students will be among those performing in the Ackley Auditorium.

There is a bluegrass jam in this tavern every Tuesday night; 4/7 I will be there with the pedal steel...

The Museum is having an exhibit of my brother's B&W photographs from the 1960s; I will be playing background guitar..  This is the reception; the show will hang until May...

This will be a Lecture Demonstration.

They do this jam every week.  I usually can't get there, but on this date I'll be there with the pedal steel.  Some FINE players always show up...

This will be the fifth time I have accompanied a class at The Yoga Place on my surbahar (bass sitar).  It is an exquisitely mesmerizing experience, and everybody loves it.  I have been playing medicinal music for fifty years and it works!  If you ever do yoga, or have always wanted to, try this class!  Contact them about the details, but don't worry -- they make it easy...

Several bands are playing at this benefit for the owners of Kevin's Restaurant in North Bennington.  (They both are struggling with cancer.)  I'll be there with Cindy Legge, and may make guest appearances with some of the other bands as well.

The Berkshire Vegetarian Society has an annual feast; the Wilburton Inn has an associated organic farm/CSA that takes vegetarian food very seriously.  I'll be providing the music; this is one you don't want to miss!

This will be in the Feick Art Center building...

We'll be in a glass storefront right on Main Street for Brattleboro's monthly Gallery Walk.

Yoga instructor Laura Nash will be having me provide accompaniment on the surbahar (bass sitar) for her "Flow to Restore" class the third Monday of every month.  This is really something special -- music and body movement together are the essence of health and longevity!  It is a very gentle class that anyone would enjoy...

A lecture/demonstration on the musician's life for a group of troubled/underprivileged teens.  Live music plus talk...

The show was recorded on 7/24; not sure yet when it will be broadcast...

This is the annual picnic of the Washington County, NY Democratic Party.  The fifteen dollar donation gets you lunch, live music, political speeches, and plenty of political discussion!

I'll be playing surbahar (bass sitar) to accompany a yoga class.  If everybody likes it , there will be more!

This is a huge street fair, always a really good time.  After Hill Hollow ends at one I will move down the street (a hundred feet west) and play solo guitar for the rest of the afternoon, from about 2 to 5

This coincides with Brattleboro's monthly Gallery Walk.  The town should be hopping!  Maybe the art lovers will love our "art music" too!

Several of my students will be performing; I might accompany some of them...

Aaron is the leader of the Drytown Drifters, a great country band that I recently started playing with.  He's a really good singer and songwriter.

I'll be playing background music for an art opening.

Wayne's Big Ass Party...

I will be performing and speaking about Medicinal Music, using surbahar and other instruments.

Vegetarian Night at the Wilburton Inn is amazing.  The food is spectacular!  And Natural History has been playing together for Forty Years!  Lots to celebrate...

Vegetarian Night at the Wilburton Inn is the place to be this summer!  The ultimate Farm to Table locavore experience...  Plus the music!

The first set will be a reunion of the original ZUELA trio -- Lyle Somers, Lucas Sconzo, and Barry Hyman, and will be semi-acoustic.  The second set will add some of the other young musicians who played in ZUELA, and will be geared for dancing...

Lobo Marino is a tribal/folk band that is traveling through; they asked me to join them for the second set.  Check out www.lobomarinomusic.com...

Once again, I will be playing solo at Willow Park before the fireworks.  Thousands of people gather; I get to play loud and hear it roll across the hills.  I start after the cloggers finish, about 6 or 6:30...

We'll be on the back of a truck, in the parade again.

This is the Outdoor Farmers Market, on Broadway near River Street.

This is a nursing home gig; I'll be playing country with the wonderful Bluebillies.

Cindy Legge has a broken arm; I'll be playing solo; possibly with a special guest or two.

The school is having a celebration for May Day, the last day of classes.  I will be playing a solo set on surbahar (bass sitar) in the yurt set up in front of the main building.  Then at noon I will be accompanying a yoga class in the same location.

2013 is Natural History's 40th year of playing music as a trio!  Come out to support this rarest and most unusual band!

I teach at Green Mountain; several of my students will be performing in the recital.

Jared Shapiro and I will be providing some of the music for this celebration of our old teacher.

The college chorus is giving a concert; I will be playing guitar on some of the tunes.  Contact GMC for more details.

I'll be playing surbahar (bass sitar) and other instruments, and talking about medicinal music.

This is a daylong event for people who like to meditate.  I will be providing some music around lunchtime.  Contact Stairway Healing Arts Center for more details.

The first Friday of each month The Pember hosts an art opening with live music and food and wine.  I'll be there playing the guitar.

My friend Kathryn Shay is teaching a yoga class; I will be accompanying the classes on surbahar (bass sitar).

Students from my Guitar I class will be performing.

Seven of my students will be performing; I am not sure if it is open to the public or not.

My 61st birthday...

Natural History will be performing along with many other musicians.

The Return of the Crosstown Rivals!

I'll be playing background music while you check out the fabulous arts and crafts.

I am playing a private party that morning; if I get done in time, I will join Cindy and her band at  the Polish Hall.  They are playing a benefit for a gravely ill friend...

Weather permitting, we will be playing outdoors on the sidewalk or in the street if they close it off.  This is always a fun event!

There will be some wonderful art there; check it out.  I will be playing solo...

We will be performing on the back of a truck as part of the parade; afterwards we always park in front of the Berlin Firehouse and play another set or two.

The Monthly jam is always on the first Wednesday of each month, but we moved it to Tuesday to avoid a conflict with the Fourth of July...

Holly and Evan are a great acoustic blues duo.  I will be joining them on guitar and pedal steel; there may be some other guest musicians as well.  Check it out!

I will introduce the show with some acoustic guitar improvisation, then my sister and I will read selections from Shirley Jackson's writings.

I teach at The Bennington School, and will be playing at the graduation ceremony.

Yousuf Kerai is a tabla virtuoso here on a brief visit from his home in Pakistan; Natural History (Derrik Jordan, Jared Shapiro, and Barry Hyman) will be accompanying him in a group improvisation.  This will be Yousuf's only performance on this trip and should not be missed!

I will not be there but support it anyway?  Thanks!

Hill Hollow will be playing but I will not be there, sadly.  I will be In California at a reording session for my upcoming cd.

I will be sitting in on guitar and pedal steel, and there will probably be other musicians playing as well...

This is a great venue with many perks that recently re-opened with great new management.  I played here in December 2011, but before that it had been many years.  I was the bartender here in 1982!

Yes you read that right -- 9 am!  And I have to drive an hour and spend half an hour setting up!  But Hill Hollow sounds as good and happy and lively cold sober first thing in the morning as we do any other time!  Check it out -- the Troy Farmer's Market is a delightful situation in every way.  And Hill Hollow keeps getting better!

Holly and Evan are an acoustic blues duo -- she sings and plays acoustic guitar, and he plays standup bass and sings.  I'll be playing guitar and pedal steel guitar, and there will be a harmonica player as well.  These guys are really good!  I have played a couple of short sets with them at the monthly jam, which were delightful, and if this gig goes well there may be many happy returns.  Check it out -- Holly and Evan are GOOD, and totally lovable.  (Their website is at Reverbnation.com.)  And, since I've been playing (and living!) the blues since 1964, I should be able to make them quite happy...

This will be a benefit for people who suffered losses during the August flooding.  People will be reading ghost stories; I will be playing musical interludes.

Hill Hollow will be the headliners that night.

I'll be playing a wedding ceremony solo and then hurrying to play a private party with Hill Hollow later that afternoon.  Plus Hill Hollow might have a gig that morning.  So don't try to book me this particular day!

I will be playing music (solo, I believe) at the annual picnic of the Berkshire Vegetarian Society, which will be at one of the campgrounds at Grafton State Park.  More details soon...

There will be a party; I will be there; there will be some music; I will be part of it.  That's all I know right now...

I have been asked to join a new group, The Cambridge County Line, that will be opening for a bluegrass band called Gold Town at VAE 3/5.  The Cambridge County Line consists of Deena Chappell: vocals and mandolin; Dave Cuite: vocals and upright bass; Joe Chirchirillo: vocals, guitar, and harmonica, and me on pedal steel.  This should be a great concert.

Dave Sutton is an incredible singer.  We have put together a pickup band to back him up at the annual Mardi Gras festivity at the church.  More details soon...

This is a benefit for some people whose house burned.

This monthly jam, usually the first Wednesday of each month, was delayed one week later than usual due to snowy weather.

After the annual Plunge into the icy waters of Lake Paran, the participants will be coming over to the VAE for some music to warm them up.  Should be a great jam.

We will be celebrating the 60th birthday of Josh Greenberg, the sax player in Hill Hollow and several other bands.  There should be a whole flock of incredible musicians there.

Reservations might be a very good idea...

We'll be playing in the Judge's Inn in downtown Tro in the afternoon during the hugely popular Victorian Stroll.

This is sponsored by The Bennington Peace Resource Center, an organization I have been supporting with live music for about thirty years.  They sponsor a Sister City Program with a town in Nicaragua, and I will be playing solo guitar (with a south-of-the-border flavor!) for their party.

This is our huge "Thanksgiving Eve" gig.  Come early -- it will get crowded!!!

To get there from the Cambridge, NY/Bennington VT area, take Route 22 south.  About four or five miles south of Berlin, NY, turn left on Cherry Plain Square.  The Bridgeway bar and restaurant is in one block.

The buffet dinner starts at 7 pm; the band starts at 8.

This is a fundraiser for the Summer Sounds of Salem concert series that I have been part of the last few years.  Should be a great jam session; if not, I'll play solo.