Poorhouse Records

04/28/2026

Hi! Remember 1994 Lowell?
Remember The Safe?
Remember Kevin & Scott’s open mic night?
Remember Poorhouse?

Well, this Saturday, May 2nd is for YOU! ~ 6:30-8:00 ~
As part of the The Town & The City Festival this weekend, Poorhouse Records is hosting a set of some all-stars at The Worthen right near the town hall (like we have to tell you where the Worthen is…)
It’s a whole weekend of great music and we are thrilled to be a part of it and take you on a Time Machine back to the mid-90’s!

See you at the Worthen!
See you in Lowell!
See you at Town & City!
See you at 6:30
See you at Poorhouse!

04/11/2026

Coming at the beginning of May!
A musician from ‘Losing Side’ made this iconic 30 second video as a cool reminder of our The Town & The City Festival show coming up.
This will be a thrilling show from all of us.
See you there! See you then!

03/11/2026

Great news!
Poorhouse Records Vol. 1 & 2 is now available for streaming.

Besides recent requests to make The Poorhouse Sessions available online, sparking renewed interest before the Poorhouse set at The Town & City Festival in Lowell this year is a nice bonus.

You can find Poorhouse Records on Bandcamp FOR FREE or a pay-what-you-like opportunity. Or if you want to support any individual act on these compilations, you can purchase individual tracks where the money will go directly to the featured artist.
Either way, we’re just happy that everyone can listen to these great tracks anytime they want and finally share them with anyone who didn’t get a hard copy back in the great year of 1994.
So step into a time machine to a simpler time when all these great singer/songwriters were just starting out.
If you don’t know or remember Poorhouse, check out just a few of the musicians featured on these compilations!:

The Shods, Jen Kearney, Frank Morey, Melvern Taylor (Nik Orfanedes), D-Tension, Donny McHale, Rick Fuller, Jenny Riddle, Peter Linnane, Bill Ralston, James Gaudette, The Invaders and more!

And don’t forget to stop by the Worthen during the Town & City Festival on Saturday, May 2nd at 6:30pm to see many of these acts in person!

Poorhouse Records is a *family* of musicians from the Lowell, MA area who all gathered together around 1994 to make musical magic happen. Everyone worked as a team to make these recordings come together. You can still see most of these artists playing today years later, and that magic Poorhouse bond...

03/08/2026

1994 is coming back at Lowell’s Town & City Festival!
A classic Poorhouse set with most of your favorite Poorhouse artists on Saturday, May 2, 2026 ~ 7-8pm at the classic Worthen!

Kevin Stevenson & Scott Pittman host Poorhouse friends Rick Fuller, Jen Kearney, Donny McCale, The Shods, The Invaders, Frank Morey, Melvern Taylor, D-Tension, James Gaudette a tribute to Bill Ralston and Jenny Riddle and more!

11/30/2014

Poorhouse night. 2014

11/26/2014

20 years ago, The Poorhouse Sessions Vol.1 was released in Lowell.
20 years ago, The Sugar Shack opened its doors in Lowell.
Saturday, November 29th 2014, come celebrate both anniversaries at The Last Safe & Deposit Co. at 160 Merrimack St. In Lowell, MA.
And for one day, it will once again be 1994.

11/26/2014

While Kevin Stevenson ran the reel to reel, Scott Pittman documented the day to day goings on. They both played on everything.
Welcome to a time machine set to 1994: The best year in Lowell music!!