The Mangled Badgers, Michael Barry, Highway Hosiery Upstairs at McCarthy's

Name: The Mangled Badgers, Michael Barry, Highway Hosiery Upstairs at McCarthy's
Start: 2025-11-30T16:00:00-05:00
Location: McCarthy's Toad

Schedule

Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

McCarthy's Toad | Cambridge, MA

The Mangled Badgers - The evening kicks off with The Mangled Badgers, a brand-new trio bringing high-energy traditional Irish music to life. This lively group is what happens when a Tyrone concertina player, a Hyannis guitarist, and a Galway fiddler decide to stir up some musical fun.
James McKenna (County Tyrone) – concertina
Jimmy Kelly (Hyannis, MA) – guitar & vocals
Harry Giles (Galway) – fiddle
With deep roots and family trees full of well-known musicians, the Mangled Badgers weave together heartfelt melodies, driving rhythms, and a few mischievous surprises along the way. No badgers will be harmed during the performance — though one may show up uninvited.
Michael Barry - Singer/songwriter/producer Michael Barry is the founder of the bands “Pooka Stew,” and “Super Genius,” guitarist for Pogues tribute The nÓgs, and owner of Babyland Studio, the Boston home of music legend Dave Mattacks. Winner of Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston,” award for songwriting, his latest album, “Villain Songs,” released Oct. 17th, 2025, joins his 2020 album, “Party at the End of the World,” and a catalog of music that has been heard on radio and TV in the US and UK for decades.
“Music that when it gets into you, it doesn’t let go; it’s like a part of you.” - Perry Persoff, WUMB
On Sunday, Nov. 30th, he’ll be joined by Elizabeth Steen, Dan Griffin, John Fremer, and other guests for an acoustic show at the Upstairs room at the brand-new McCarthy’s Toad in Porter Square, Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/MichaelBarry
Highway Hosiery is the duo project of Elizabeth Steen (accordion, keys) and Jude Heichelbech (cello, stompbox). Steen is a seasoned accordionist/keyboardist who has played and toured along Natalie Merchant, Tanya Donelly, and Billy Bragg among others, and Heichelbech is a mostly self-taught multi-instrumentalist and visual artist. Together, they pen catchy tunes about trial, love and other oddities that span pop, jazz, rock and roots, with a slant born out of their deep Pennsyltucky upbringings. Both are the daughters of English professors and musicians and have occupied the same seat at the keyboards for Count Zero. They are at work on an album to be released later this year.