Our Historic Playlist

 Here are just a few of the dazzling talents who have taken the stage at The Mainstay

Charlie Byrd
Bucky Pizzarelli
Howard Alden
Frank Vignola
Anat Cohen
Dick Durham
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Gene Bertoncini
Harry Allen
Hendrik Meurkens
Ken Peplowski
Chuck Redd
Joe Holt
 

Jazz Musicians

Vocal Jazz

Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Nicki Parrott
Sue Matthews
Lynn Roberts
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet
Hillary Gardener
Karen Somerville
Veronneau

Blues, R & B, Boogie Woogie

Guy Davis
Rory Block
Daryl Davis
Magic Dick (of the J Geils Band)
Josh Christina
Corey Harris
Ann Rabson
Deanna Bogart
The Holmes Brothers
Bob Malone
 

Bluegrass

King Wilkie
Gibson Brothers
The High and Wides
The Lovell Sisters Band
Bitter Creek
The Eastman String Band
The Bumper Jacksons
Seldom Scene
Tony Trischka
Danny Paisley
Claire Lynch Band
The Kolodners
John Jorgenson
Buffalo Rose

Classical

Michael Chapdelaine, Guitar
Andrew Owens, Tenor
Stacey Mastrian, Soprano
Susan Duer, Fortepiano
Sarafin String Quartet
Langley Winds
Moeller Guitar & Cello Duo
Pyxis Piano Quartet
Teodora Adzharova, Piano

Country

Chester River Ramblers
Jerry Harmon
The Mooks
Mike McBride
Courtney Spath & Early Bird
David Stone: The Johnny Cash Experience
J. B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters

Folk

Tom Rush
Tom Paxton
Robin & Linda Williams
Gordon Bok
Johnathan Edwards
Garnet Rogers
Kim & Reggie Harris
Spanky & Rhonda Rucker
John McCutcheon
John Gorka
The Kennedys
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Alison Brown Quartet
Low Lily
The Angel Band
April Verch
 

World Music

Tommy Sands – Irish
Whirligig – Celtic
Craobh Rua – Irish
Judith Kay – Latin
Catonsville High School Steel Drum Band
Rogerio Souza Trio-Brazillian
Meredith Hadaway – British & Celtic
Juanito Pascual – Flamenco
Jamie Laval – Scottish Fiddling Champion
Sierra Leone’s – Refugee All Stars
Le Vent du Nord – Quebecois
Mike Elosh – Israeli
Santa Cruz River Band
 

New Orleans, Dixie, and Ragtime

Philip Dutton & the Alligators
Banjo Dusters
Banjo Jim & The 23rd Street Sultans
Dixie Power Trio
Mickey Dulin, Stride Piano
The Federal Jazz Commission
Sally Mchugh, Boogie Woogie
New Line Brass Band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bob Seeley, Piano
U.S. Army Blues Swamp Romp
U.S. Naval Academy Jazz Ensemble

Rock & Roll, R&B, and Doo-Wop

Shun Ng and Magic Dick
The Beach Bumz
The Blues Brothers Revisited
Deanna Bogart
Daryl Davis
The Elliots
The Holmes Brothers
Native Son
Quiet Storm
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Tempest
The Trash
Viv Vacuum & the Attachments
Wicomicos

Swing & Big Band

Chesapeake Brass
Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band
B.E.D. with Becky Kilgore
Conservatory Classic Jazz Band
John Coury Sings Sinatra
Sam Scalzo Jazz Band
USNA Commandant’s Combo
University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble