OCTOBER 28, 2025
SET LIST
“Lean on Me” (Bill Withers), Cliff Notez
“Fright Night,” Cliff Notez
“The Man in Black” (Johnny Cash), Aaron Perrino
“Our Motto,” Aaron Perrino
“Just Hang On” (Francesca Reitano), Rick Berlin
“How Can I Hate People I Don’t Know?,” Rick Berlin
“For What It’s Worth” (Buffalo Springfield), Thea Hopkins
“Whatcha Gonna Do,” Thea Hopkins
“Handsome Johnny” (Richie Havens), Will Dailey
“Down the Drain,” Will Dailey
“Cry Out,” Chad Stokes
“Ohio” (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Chad Stokes
The Burren, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
CLIFF NOTEZ makes music that is rooted in hip-hop, but expands through various styles. Named Best New Artist at the Boston Music Awards in 2018 and Musician of the Year by Boston Magazine the following year, he is a past member of the Folk Collective cohort at Passim.
AARON PERRINO is the frontman for the much-loved Boston band the Sheila Divine as well as its successor, Dear Leader. More recently, he has recorded as Aaron and the Lord with Steven Lord of the band Dirty Bangs.
RICK BERLIN has been a fixture on the Boston music scene since the early 1970s, when he founded the uncategorizable Orchestra Luna. He went on to form Berlin Airlift, a 1980s group that received considerable airplay from WBCN (“the Rock of Boston”), followed by various other projects. For the last 15 or so years this tireless showman has led the Nickel & Dime Band.
THEA HOPKINS was the Grand Prize Winner of the 22nd Great American Song Contest for “The Ghost of Emmett Till,” and her song “Jesus Is on the Wire” (about the murder of Matthew Shepard) was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary in 2004. A member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha’s Vineyard, she received a fellowship from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation in 2017.
WILL DAILEY is a perennial honoree at the Boston Music Awards, a regular participant in the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concerts (often alongside Eddie Vedder), and a past performer at several Farm Aid events. His latest album is “Boys Talking.”
CHAD STOKES is the frontman for the Boston-based bands Dispatch and State Radio and the co-founder, with his partner, Sybil Gallagher, of the social movement-building organization Calling All Crows. He is currently working on his forthcoming rock opera, “1972.”
Guest speaker CAROL ROSE is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
SPECIAL THANKS TO ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Stud Green
Eric Saulnier
Cliff Notez performs “Lean On Me” (Bill Withers), on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Chad Stokes performs “Cry Out,” on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Aaron Perrino performs “The Man in Black” (Johnny Cash), on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Rick Berlin performs “How Can I Hate People I Don’t Know?" on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Will Dailey performs “Handsome Johnny” (Richie Havens) on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Thea Hopkins performs “Whatcha Gonna Do (When The Rain Comes)," on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Joyce Linehan leads the crowd in her unique version of The Pledge of Allegiance, on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
Carol Rose, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, speaks on October 28, 2025 at The Burren, in Somerville, MA. Shot/edited by Shake & Howdy.
