Cold Chocolate
Parish Center for the Arts, Westford MA 10 Lincoln Street, Westford, MA, United StatesCold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own
Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own
Rooted in rural New England since the age of ten, McCarthy grew up in towns where the economies teetered on marginal subsistence from logging and paper and woolen mills. It wasn’t until his sister made a visit home from college, bringing an armful of recordings by Dylan, Baez, and Eric Anderson, that things clicked musically for McCarthy: he traded his clarinet for a Western Auto guitar, purchasing the Black Diamond strings across the street at the barber shop.
Come join us for our next fun house concert. Halley Neal is an award winning singer-songwriter whose shows center on themes of positivity and peace. The formerly-Nashville-currently-Boston-based artist is joined by her back-up band of upright bass and fiddle. Halley’s lyrical folk-Americana songs are met with soaring vocals and bluegrass-inspired instrumentation. She has gained national […]
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light are a Boston-based string band making music that blends folk tradition with feminist storytelling, poetic detail, and just enough grit. At the center is Sumner’s songwriting—rooted in history, myth, and personal reckoning—carried by close harmonies, upright bass, acoustic guitar, and fiddle. The trio features Kat Wallace on fiddle and vocals […]
The Lion Sisters grew up on a farm in rural New England surrounded by music. They began learning fiddle (Josi) and guitar (Lily) at an early age and soon began creating music together. Josi and Lily work together writing their songs, combining topics they care about as well as stories their imaginations create. Their music […]
Kathleen Parks is a fiddler, singer, and songwriter who brings joyful and creative energy to the stage and studio. Her writing leans toward Pop, Folk, and classic Jazz, while her virtuosic fiddle blends and reimagines traditional and modern musical styles with boundless groove, and a playful improvisational spirit. Her deep grounding in Celtic and American […]
Heather Pierson is back with her original trio - Heather on piano, guitar, banjo and vocals, Shawn on guitar and vocals, and the amazing Davey on everything else! A regional favorite making a special appearance in Boston/West Roxbury. Reserve tickets at musiconcentre@gmail.com. No advance sales. Pay at the door, cash preferred but can accept credit […]
Joe Jencks is an 25-year veteran of the international folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter, and celebrated vocalist based in Chicago. Merging conservatory training with his Irish roots and working-class upbringing, Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit. Having penned several #1 Folksongs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor, Jencks […]
$20 at the door (or $35 for both the workshop and the Cohen, Ellis and Ellis house concert) Reservations required: HouseConcerts@fssgb.org Andy Cohen is a virtuoso finger-style guitarist who has been described as "a walking, talking folk-blues-roots music encyclopedia." He grew up in a home with a piano and lots of Dixieland Jazz records. During […]
$20 at the door Reservations required: HouseConcerts@fssgb.org Acclaimed acoustic performers Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis and William Lee Ellis return as a trio with this new album, WHISTLIN’ PAST THE GRAVEYARD. Released on Cohen’s Riverlark label, the ambitious project is a 21-track tour-de-force of old-time blues, gospel, ballads, ragtime, and country song that surpasses their previous high […]