Rusty Belle

Art in the cafe...

Members of Red Pine


"Permutations of Red Pine"


September 2026



A Red Pine tree was planted at the corner of 212 Merry Street in the late 60s that evolved over the decades into a cooperative household. We are making it a place for comity and creativity; Clarity and the imagination; we change detritus of early 21st century late stage capitalism into art, shrine, paintings, music, sculptures, urban Permaculture and homesteading experiments. We appreciate the used, the worn out, ever crumbling and reassembling; as we all are all the time.
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
8:00 pm

Rusty Belle is a nationally touring roots-rock junk-folk trio out of Amherst, MA featuring sibling harmonies, a homemade rhythm section and rock-solid musicianship and songwriting. They recently recorded an album with Chris Smither (who wrote Love Me Like a Man, a song made famous by Bonnie Raitt) who says of them: "Rusty Belle...this is some clever shit...clever both musically and lyrically...if that's all there were to it, you could leave it. but it's like clever with a sledgehammer and a knife. I love it." They are touring on the success of their most recent album Common Courtesy which came out last September. Legendary DJ Vin Scelsa, who hosts "Idiot's Delight" on Sirius/XM and WFUV, says "I can't stop listening to it. Each time through I say, okay, that's my favorite song ... and then next time I say it for a completely different-sounding song ... and the next time for yet another. Etc. This is a very strong recording."

"The mixing of genres, the interplay between the band members, and their versatile musicianship has given Rusty Belle a unique sound, and with the even more unique tact of not worrying about fitting into a particular place musically for marketing purposes keeps each album fresh and keeps them evolving." - The New York Examiner

"These artists put their spirits into every note and lyric..." - Entertainment Realm

Rusty Belle will be touring the MidWest for the month of August.

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