Iron Horse Music Hall Schedule

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The music hall showcases a wide variety of musical genres and performing artists such as Richie Havens, Leo Kottke, Janis Ian, Livingston Taylor, Duke Robillard, Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert.

In the early days, when music was really a complement to the room's ambiance as opposed to the Main Event, live music was limited to a strict format of classical chamber music (Thursdays), jazz (Fridays) and folk and classical (Saturdays) and the talent was mostly local.

And foreign newspapers and magazines." Much of that homey atmosphere still exists in the daytime, but by night, every night, the club, which seats 85 people at a time and employs two dozen full and part time employees, is home to all kinds of music and talent ranging from top local players to artists of international repute.

Social Web siteWhen Jordi Herold opened the club on February 24, 1979, his concept, as he describes it today, was "the Bohemian cafe, with candles and wine and cheese and bread boards with little peasant loaves on them.

The lineup has also included Cecil Taylor, from folk-blues legend Taj Mahal to folk rocking Steve Forbert, Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Dawkins and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama.See "The Iron Horse Turns 10" By David Sokol, originally published on Feb.