Open Mic at 1Bar: A rare musical jewel in Danbury

For as long as I can remember, I've been a HUGE fan of independent music in Danbury.

From the musical explosion in the early 90s when groups such as Monsterland, Creature Did, Hed, China Pig, the Bunnie Brains, and Gnu Fuz put the city on the map, to later years when watching the jazz group Blue! at The Hat City Ale House became on Wednesday night became required viewing, Danbury has always been a great place to hear music that you couldn't hear on traditional radio.

Fast forward to 2011 and on Monday nights, The 1Bar took Danbury's musical baton with their open mic night for new and upcoming talents in the area. I've been attending the session at the place formerly known as Cousin Larry's on Elm Street for several years and it's great to see that independent music is still alive and well in the area after all these years.

From time to time, I'll post highlights from the open mic session a The One Bar...and I hope that you'll take the time and stop by on Monday night and listen to some of the great musical talent that Danbury has to offer.

From last Monday, here's video footage of a pretty cool spoken word jam session (UPDATE: The name of the artist in the clip is Nantambu and you can usually catch his act every Monday night).

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