Correo Aereo

Latin-American folk music while u eat

By AJA PECKNOLD

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Agua Verde Cafe and Paddle Club free Every week Monday, 6:30pm

On Monday nights, when most restaurants declare a day of rest, there’s one joint in the city that’s always slammed. On any given night Agua Verde Cafe is an expedition of sorts—during conventional dining hours (and especially in the summer), you’ve got to be prepared to wait for a good chunk of time to snag a table. But on Mondays, you’ve got something to watch and hear while you wait. Correo Aereo, a local duo consisting of the beautiful Madeleine Sosin and partner Abel Rocha, set up shop in the cafe, performing traditional music from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, and Peru. Though they’ve collaborated with Calexico, appeared on a compilation CD for world-music label Putumayo, and had a song featured in the film The Life of David Gale, when they perform in Agua Verde’s intimate dining room, they still feel like our own well-kept secret.

Sad Bastard Mondays with DJ Sad Bastard

There are certain establishments where the day’s ails can be washed away with nothing more than a whiskey and a reliable selection of songs on the jukebox. At places where quarters aren’t able to bestow instant DJ power, and someone else is posted up behind the wheels of steel, disappointment often prevails—especially when you’re looking for a mellow-style evening free from top 40, pounding beats, or trendy mash-ups. Weekends at Havana are permeated with just that, but Mondays are a whole different song and dance, all for a little less change and a little more tears in your beer. Sad Bastard Monday is like a jukebox fully loaded with choice cuts both classic and current as resident DJ (and singer/songwriter himself) Michael Vermillion brings out stacks of his heartstring-tugging favorites. A recent Monday heard rambling troubadour Townes Van Zandt follow Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me,” along with locals Jesse Sykes and Damien Jurado played back to back. Three in a row from the Band—“Cripple Creek”(!) and “The Weight,” both off The Last Waltz, finishing with “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”—even tore a few folks away from the bar and onto the dance floor. The rest were content to just sit, sip, and listen.

Havana

free. Every week Monday, 9:30pm

Addictol, Better Half Now

JewelBox/Rendezvous

$5. Mon., May 12, 10:30pm

Charlie Z & the Low Ballerz, Glass Elevator, Barry Bob Vail

High Dive

$6. Mon., May 12, 8:00pm

Cineoke!

JewelBox/Rendezvous

$5. Mon., May 12, 7:00pm

Craig Terrill

Triple Door Mainstage

$20. Mon., May 12, 7:30pm

Jazz Jam with Darin Clendenin Trio

Tula's

$8. Mon., May 12, 8:00pm

South, the Silver State, Ki:Theory, Johnny Lloyd Rollins

Nectar

$11 adv. Mon., May 12, 8:00pm

The Trademark, Everyday Tragedy, Girl on Fire, Forward in Reverse, Radmus

all ages

Studio Seven

$10. Mon., May 12, 7:00pm

The Little Ones, Ra Ra Riot, Panda & Angel

all ages

Chop Suey

$10. Mon., May 12, 8:00pm

The Proclaimers, Jeremy Fisher

Tractor Tavern

$18 adv./$20. Mon., May 12, 8:00pm

The Slackers, Deals Gone Bad, the Diablotones

all ages

El Corazon

all ages. Mon., May 12, 7:00pm

Tim Fantastic, Telekenesis, Amo Joy!, Warren Teagarden

Funhouse

$5. Mon., May 12, 9:30pm

Bluegrass Jam

Conor Byrne's

Every week Monday, 8:00pm

DJ Sweet Chris Bell, DJ Genay Fav, DJ Stick Yo Hand in the Dirt, DJ

ToST Lounge

free. Every week Monday, 8:00pm

DK Pan

The Pink Door

Every week Monday

Homegrown: reggae with DJ Cide and Chinky Eye

Level 5

Every week Monday

Jam Jam: reggae, dancehall and roots with DJs Collage and Element

Baltic Room

Every week Monday, 9:00pm

Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder

ToST Lounge

Every week Monday, 9:00pm

Once Upon a Time in America with Selector Angel Eyes

Waid's

Every week Monday, 9:30pm

Open mike with Ray

Molly Maguire's

free. Every week Monday

Ruby Bishop

Classic ragtime, standards and oldies

Martin's Off Madison Piano Bistro

free. Every week Monday, 8:00pm

Seattle's Burning Man Community presents Burn Night with DJs

Capitol Hill Arts Center

free. Every week Monday, 7:00pm

Soul City Mondays with Circle of Fire

Local B-Boys/B-Girls with DJs

War Room

$5. Every week Monday, 9:00pm

The New Orleans Quintet

New Orleans Creole Restaurant

Every week Monday

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