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Juliana at Fort Nights - A Celebration of Gary Smith, March 16, 2024
Juliana at Fort Nights - A Celebration of Gary Smith, March 16, 2024

Last weekend saw the ‘Fort Nights’ celebration of Gary Smith’s life in Boston with events featuring many of artists who recorded at his Fort Apache studios. Juliana performed on Saturday night on a bill featuring Billy Bragg, Kristin Hersh, and many others.

Paul Robicheau has a review for The Arts Fuse:

If Hersh was a tough act to follow, rocker Hatfield benefited from the night’s introduction of the fine Fort Nights house band of drummer Chris Anzalone, bassist Ed Valauskas, guitarist Mike Oram, and keyboardist Elizabeth Steen.

Juliana’s set list:

  • Everybody Loves Me But You

  • Hole In My Life

  • I See You

  • Please Mister Please

  • Telephone Line

  • Sweet Is The Night

  • Out There

  • My Sister


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Upcoming Appearance - March 16, 2024 - Fort Nights - A Celebration of Gary Smith & The Music of Fort Apache Studios
Upcoming Appearance - March 16, 2024 - Fort Nights - A Celebration of Gary Smith & The Music of Fort Apache Studios

Somerville Theatre:

The Gary P. Smith Trust will bring together artists from Boston and beyond to celebrate the legacy of producer, manager and friend Gary Smith, and the music of Fort Apache Studios. 

The Fort Nights benefit will take place at the Somerville Theater on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16th. Throughout his career, Gary Smith worked with an array of artists from the local and national music scene, with a keen ear for discovering and cultivating talent. He was an early advocate for artists such as The Blake Babies, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Polara, Bill Bragg and many others. And his Fort Apache Studios, also known as The Fort, was the location of seminal recordings from Radiohead, Weezer, Superdrag, Uncle Tupelo, Dinosaur Jr, Lemonheads, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Morphine, Buffalo Tom and more.

The first night, Friday March 15th, is an intimate evening at the Crystal Ballroom with performances from Fuzzy, Tanya Donelly, Buffalo Tom and special guests.

The second night, Saturday, March 16th, will be an evening of celebration at the Somerville Theatre featuring music from artists and friends including Bill Janovitz and Tanya Donelly duo, Kristin Hersh, Arc Iris, Billy Bragg and very special guests.


Juliana is confirmed as one of the very special guests for the Somerville Theatre show taking place this weekend on Saturday March 16, 2024.

https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/fort-nights/

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Upcoming US Shows - September / October 2023
Upcoming US Shows - September / October 2023

Some newly announced 2023 live appearances:

Sep 15 House Of Blues, Boston, MA (opening for Lemonheads)

The following are solo headline shows:

Oct 4 City Winery, Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 5 Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland, OH

Oct 6 Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH

Oct 7 Space - Evanston, IL

Oct 9 Turf Club, St Paul, MN

Oct 10 Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI

Oct 11 Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, WI

Oct 13 The Parlor Room, Northampton, MA*

Oct 14 POP, Providence, WI*

*The Northampton and Providence shows are billed with a “Pre set conversation with author (and Blake Babies drummer) Freda Love Smith”

There’s also a scheduled appearance at NYC City Winery on Oct 15 for Wesley Stace’s ‘Cabinet of Wonders’ variety show (Juliana typically plays one or two songs in these events.)

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Juliana Performs 2 Songs at 'Nuggets' 50th Anniversary Shows
Juliana Performs 2 Songs at 'Nuggets' 50th Anniversary Shows

Last weekend Juliana appeared with a multitude of artists to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lenny Kaye’s psychedelic Nuggests compilations at City Winery in New York City.

Juliana covered I Won’t Hurt You by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and I Cannot Stop You by Cherry Slush.

She appeared on stage with Kaye’s house band and REM’s Peter Buck.

Brooklyn Vegan has photos and the set list.

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Upcoming Show - Juliana Hatfield & Kay Hanley - Somerville, June 16, 2023 (UPDATE - now 2 shows)
Upcoming Show - Juliana Hatfield & Kay Hanley - Somerville, June 16, 2023 (UPDATE - now 2 shows)

Juliana is scheduled to play a show with Kay Hanley at The Burren Backroom in Somerville, MA on June 16, 2023. UPDATE There are now two shows. After the 7pm event sold out , there’s an extra 4pm performance available.

Ticket info: 24hourconcerts.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1126

The incredible poster design is by Nicole Anguish of Daykamp Creative.

Juliana and Kay are also due to play the following day at a previously announced benefit show in Northampton, MA.

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‘Nuggets’ 50th Anniversary Shows in NYC, July 2023 featuring Juliana Hatfield, Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Peter Buck, and more
‘Nuggets’ 50th Anniversary Shows in NYC, July 2023 featuring Juliana Hatfield, Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Peter Buck, and more

Juliana is scheduled to appear with many other artists over 2 nights at City Winery in NYC, on July 28-29, 2023.

City Winery:

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the release of the classic Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1964-1968, Lenny Kaye, City Winery, and The Bowery Presents present a live performance of songs from legendary LP and bonus material from the era. Hosted by Lenny Kaye and the Jubilee house band featuring Tony Shanahan, Jack Petruzzelli, Glen Burtnik, Dennis Diken, and with the help of Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Juliana Hatfield, Jesse Malin, Marshall Crenshaw, Ivan Julian, Peter Buck, James Mastro and more to come!

Tickets:

citywinery.com/newyork/Online/article/NYC-Golden-Jubilee-Part1-7-28-23-8pm

citywinery.com/newyork/Online/article/NYC-Golden-Jubilee-Part2-7-29-23-8pm

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Juliana reunited with Evan Dando for Lemonheads shows
Juliana reunited with Evan Dando for Lemonheads shows

Juliana has been opening for the Lemonheads at US gigs this past week, performing a solo electric set and at some shows joining Evan on stage for a few It’s A Shame About Ray tracks.

Juliana’s sets across the week included performances of Everybody Loves Me But You, Candy Wrappers, June 6th, Somebody Is Waiting For Me, Make It Home, My Sister, Simplicity Is Beautiful, Spin The Bottle, Wonder Why, Bad Day, Backseat, Ugly, Feelin’ Massachusetts, Poor Man’s You, Bottles and Flowers, Everything’s For Sale, and I Got No Idols.

Mike Engleson has a review of the Washington DC show and some photos at Parklife DC, and Jay N. Miller reviews the final Boston date at The Patriot Ledger.

There’s also a brief interview with David Mosca for The Jersey Journal where Juliana comments on her work on the Ray album in the early 90s:

“When I was playing with them in Boston, Evan Dando, David Ryan, and I had an idea to practice about an hour a day,” recalls Hatfield. “So, we would do that, and I loved that kind of short, regimented schedule. Then we went to LA to make the record I did with them. And we knew all the songs pretty well at that point that we didn’t have to hash them out in the studio.”

Although no longer on Twitter, Juliana still has an official Instagram and posted some awesome photos all week including shots from Stacee Sledge and David Doobinin:

There’s plenty of fan footage on YouTube. Here’s a selection of solo and Lemonheads songs, with thanks to Carlos for the links:

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Upcoming shows - Juliana to support The Lemonheads over 8 dates in December 2022 (UPDATED: extra Boston show added)
Upcoming shows - Juliana to support The Lemonheads over 8 dates in December 2022 (UPDATED: extra Boston show added)

The Lemonheads have announced that their It’s A Shame About Ray tour will come to the US this winter. Juliana is scheduled as one of the openers for the final 8 dates in December.

Aug 18, 2022 UPDATE : it’s now 9 dates with an extra Boston show on December 18:

December 2022

9 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10 Chicago, IL - Metro
11 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall
12 Washington, DC - 9.30 Club
14 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
15 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
16 New Jersey, NJ - White Eagle Hall
17 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

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Video snippet - Juliana & Friends performing Don’t Let Me Down in Chicago, July 2022
Video snippet - Juliana & Friends performing Don’t Let Me Down in Chicago, July 2022

As posted by Chris Anzalone on Instagram, here’s Chris (and Freda!) on drums, together with Ed Valauskas, Kay Hanley, Scott Luck, a horn section and more soundchecking before the Hot Stove Cool Music event in Chicago over the weekend.

And here’s a bit from the show with even more on stage:

Other things of note you may have missed from Juliana’s shows this week:

  • A preview feature on the Chicago event by Jim Ryan for Forbes including comments from Juliana:

    “Art, music and sports are all really important to children and adolescents. They were all really crucial and interconnected for me. I had access to all of these things while I was in school and I made use of all of them. And I really feel like without them, I would’ve been completely lost,” she said. “I was a very shy adolescent. I didn’t really know how to communicate. But I was able to be with my peers while playing music or sports or in art classes. And I think it’s a tragedy when those things are taken away from kids. Because there are kids who have no place to go or their home environment is bad. So having a place to go to play music or draw or kick a soccer ball around, that’s crucial. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I think it’s tragic,” said Hatfield.

  • Vicky Salipande’s photos and set list from The Burren show in Somerville as posted to the JH Fan Facebook Group and elsewhere.

  • Juliana performed 2 ELO songs - the aforementioned Don’t Bring Me Down plus Can’t Get It Out Of My Head.

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Upcoming Show - The Burren, Somerville, MA - June 28, 2022
Upcoming Show - The Burren, Somerville, MA - June 28, 2022

Peter Chianca, writing for Boston.com:

You’ve heard about once-in-a-lifetime opportunities? This is one of those. Coming off arguably the most prolific and creatively productive stint in her long career, Duxbury native and Berklee grad Juliana Hatfield has scheduled “A Last Minute Local Tour Kick Off Show,” complete with her band, in the intimate confines of The Burren in Somerville.

The show is on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Ticket info:

24hourconcerts.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=313

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Somerville, September 19, 2021 - Photo, Setlist, Poster
Somerville, September 19, 2021 - Photo, Setlist, Poster

Juliana played an outdoor show for ONCE at Boynton Yards in Somerville yesterday. This was her first live gig since the before times.

Opening with Bottles & Flowers and finishing with Everything’s For Sale, Juliana’s set had many picks from the American Laundromat era, and some deeper cuts such as Daniel and Necessito. Thanks to Vicky for posting the setlist photo (on the Instagram post embedded below.)

The poster as designed by Nicole Anguish is available from Daykamp.

There’s more chat from attendees on the Facebook fan group.

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