Friday night, 5/28 – Come on up to The O’s Music Bar!
Kevin Crane will kick off the live entertainment at ♪6pm and then I’ll take the stage at ♫8pm with a fresh mix of acoustic covers & some original material- Join us!
330 Amherst Rd, Sunderland, MA
Surprise!
I’m thrilled to pick up a last-minute gig at this beautiful farm & brewery in Granby, CT tomorrow, Sunday, May 16!
Join us at Maple View Farm – should be a lovely day!
Music starts at 3pm 🎶🎸
192 Salmon Brook Road, Granby CT
This Sunday, 3/21, at Nathan Bill’s!
I’ll be warming up the stage from 2pm-4pm with some solo, acoustic covers and original tunes and then we’ll hear from my good friend Scott Reddy from 4pm-6pm!
Gonna be a beautiful day- join us! 🎶🎸💘
110 Island Pond Road, Springfield, MA
You heard it here first- I will be performing at Center Square Grill for St. Patrick’s Day this year!
Stop by one of my all-time favorite restaurants this Wednesday, the 17th, for some holiday-themed food & drink specials and of course, LIVE MUSIC!
I’ll be starting up the acoustic, Irish drinking tunes at 4pm and will play until 7pm– Join us!
84 Center Square, East Longmeadow, MA
Hi Friends,
If this website is no longer a “blip” on your proverbial radar, I 100% understand. It’s no secret that the past year has thrown most of our lives into some state of upheaval.
Like many of us, I was forced to make some difficult decisions to try to maintain both the physical and financial wellness of my household.
It was quite fortunate for me that I was able to find my way into a full-time, benefitted position I enjoy outside the realm of food service. I’ve been missing my server family and sometimes even my old, ever-changing, part-time hours since this move, but because of it I’ve been able to continue supporting myself while also feeling some sense of security with regard to the spread of Covid-19.
While I am incredibly grateful to have been afforded this opportunity during a time of such uncertainty, it’s also the main reason you’ve heard next to nothing out of me, musically, for months.
You might recall a handful of live stream performances I did through Facebook and Instagram around the beginning of lock down, or maybe you even attended one of the last few outdoor gigs I played over the past summer. Those were some of the happiest, most fulfilling moments I can remember throughout the past several months of this quarantine life.
Around July I began working full time and since then it’s been harder and harder to find the time, energy or motivation to pick up a guitar and try to do anything purposeful with it.
I realize that most performing musicians have day jobs and I very much admire those who can really groove in that balance. For me, between the bouts of pandemic-related depression and anxiety and bearing in mind the fact that the physical live music scene is still on indefinite hold, the idea of a mere live stream has felt nearly impossible for a while now.
Today I finally acknowledged the repeated emails I have been receiving from WordPress, urging me to renew my domain registration.
I had been avoiding it, thinking: “What’s the point? I’m not using it, why pay to renew it?” but as the deadline crept closer, I realized that I absolutely do want to try to maintain this web presence. I’m very proud of what I’ve built over the last 5 years, even as so many pieces of that hard-won progress seem to have washed away in the relentless tide of Covid.
By renewing this domain, I acknowledge both inwardly and outwardly that better times are coming and I won’t let all this effort fade away to nothing.
It’s true that I’ve been tired lately but just the small act of committing to maintaining this space has seemed to generate a spark of renewed interest. If I can rely on myself to feed and tend it, maybe it can be rekindled again.
I want to put in the work to find that motivation to keep doing the thing I love and I want to recognize those of you who have supported me along the way, if you’re still there.
I’m still here…
With any luck, we’ll meet again on a sunny patio some Sunday this summer.
Love and miss you all.
Sincerely yours,
-Merrill
TOMORROW, July 19 – Sunday Funday at The Yarde Tavern in South Hadley – Come join us for a cocktail on the patio!
Live music starts at 4pm 🎵
3 Hadley Street, S. Hadley, MA
THURSDAY, July 9 – The rumors are true!
I will be appearing, live, for the first time since early March on the patio at Bond 124!
Please call ahead for seating and come join us!
Music starts at 8pm ♫
124 Main Street, Somers CT
FRIDAY, May 15 – Join me for another, very special Live Stream event!
Tune into my Facebook event: Wicked Little Covers at 8pm to stream my tribute to one of my favorite movie/musicals: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Friends can also stream this event via Instagram!
I’ve carefully chosen 6 songs from this show to perform live and hope you will join me for my acoustic revue of this cult classic!
..If you’ve never heard of this show and are curious about the soundtrack, here’s a Spotify link for you to check out – Brace yourself: Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(…can you guess which songs I picked?)
As always, virtual tip jars are available here:
Venmo: @Merrillily
Paypal.me/Merrillily
FRIDAY, May 1 – Tune into The Still Bar & Grill via their FB page for a special live stream event featuring Yours Truly!
..I have new, original AND cover songs to share with you 
Acoustic entertainment starts at 7pm ♫
Virtual tip jars for interested parties:
Venmo: @Merrillily
Paypal.me/Merrillily
Here’s a SUPER QUICK sneak peek at the brand new cover I learned for my #socialdistancingfest set tonight!
To tune into tonight’s live-streaming performers, click the “Discussion” section of this Facebook event page:
Event link: Social Distancing Fest 2020
I’ll be playing from 6pm-7pm, hope you can join us!
