Sunday night sounds

You must be sick of hearing me (and the rest of the Boston media) go on and on (and on) about Highland Kitchen, the fabulous year-old Somerville bar and restaurant, but I have yet another thing to praise: bands on Sunday nights. I've seen the Coachmen, a Johnny-Cash-meets-Willie-Nelson-by-way-of-Junior-Brown kind of band, and Al Kooper, the rock legend who played keyboards on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd (among other astounding feats). It's crowded but not mobbed, and the drinks, food, and service are exceptional, as always. Oh, and it's free.

On tap for coming Sunday nights at the Kitchen: New Orleans funk and the Delta blues -- a truly fine way to start the week.