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Chelsea Berry with special guest Megan Burtt
2023-09-09 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Old Sloop Presents, Rockport MA, 12 School St, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
The Old Sloop Presents concert series will open its 14th season with a performance by Cape Ann favorite Chelsea Berry. Coloradan Megan Burtt will open the concert. The performance will be at 7:30pm on September 9 in the handicap-accessible sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Rockport, 12 School St.
Chelsea Berry is a powerhouse vocalist and performer based out of New England. Dubbed “the Pink of folk music” by acclaimed singer songwriter Susan Werner, Chelsea’s shows are driven by her dynamic stage presence, heartfelt lyrics and stories, and masterful writing. She has released 10 original albums over her 25-year career and has collaborated on projects with dozens of other writers and performers. Her music is played regularly on Sirius XM’s The Loft and has been featured on local radio and TV stations from Modesto to Manhattan.
Megan Burtt has performed at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, featured with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and toured Europe and across the US. Megan has won some of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, including Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Kerrville, and NW Region Mountain New Song. She is a member of the red-headed Americana band Gingerbomb.
Advance tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for those age 18 and under. Visit oldslooppresents.org, John Tarr Store in Rockport, or The Bookstore of Gloucester. The suggested contribution at the door is $25 for adults, $5 for those age 18 and under, and $50 for families.

Guy Davis
2023-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
QUOTES:
“There is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.”
…Guy Davis
“Truth be told, there just aren’t many who can deliver Americana in as interesting and entertaining a manner – or give acoustic traditional blues such a contemporary sound – as Davis….”
…The Blues PowR Blog

BIO:
Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address, the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles. His background in theater is pronounced through the lyrical storytelling of songs “God’s Gonna Make Things Over” about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, “Welcome to My World”, and “Got Your Letter In My Pocket”. His storytelling is sometimes painful, deep, and real, an earthy contrast to modern-day commercial music, meant to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar or banjo fingerpicking.
Guy won “Keeping The Blues Alive” Award, and was nominated by The Blues Foundation for Best Acoustic Album of the Year, Best Acoustic Artist of the Year, and Best Instrumentalist. In fact, he’s been nominated nearly two dozen times by the Blues Foundation.
Among hundreds of newspaper appearances, he’s also been featured in articles or reviews by New York Times, Village Voice, Boston Globe, Pulse Magazine, Blues Magazine, Acoustic Guitar, Dirty Linen, Songlines, Blues Blast Magazine, Living Blues, Down At the Crossroads, The San Francisco Chronicle, Association For Independent Music (formerly NAIRD), Playboy Magazine, National Public Radio (NPR), “Folk Alley”, and Sirius.
When asked about his experience as a performer, Guy has replied, “There is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.” http://guydavis.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GuyDavisBio-short2023.pdf

For more: http://guydavis.com/wp/bio/

Christine Lavin at Me&Thee Music Friday, Sept. 8
2023-09-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Tickets: https://ti.to/me-thee-music

Megan Burtt
2023-09-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
Megan Burtt has played music on almost every continent, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and survived a gluten free diet for a decade now. She and Oprah share the same enneagram number. She wishes she’d learned music in a Southern Gospel church and dreams of becoming an olive farmer in Spain. And, you never know, life is a long time… and longing is a great source of inspiration. Megan is currently working on her fourth and fifth full-length albums in Colorado.
Since her sophomore release “The Bargain”, Megan has performed at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, been featured with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, toured Europe, across the US, and supported artists like Gregory Alan Isakov, Chris Isaak, Leann Rimes and Marc Cohn. Megan is the winner of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, including Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Kerrville, and NW Region Mountain New Song. She has co-written with various artists including Joel Ansett, Reed Foehl and Grace Pettis and is a member of the Americana red-headed band Gingerbomb.

The Kennedys
2023-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
After being incredibly cautious during the pandemic, The Kennedys are really looking forward to being back at Bass Hall. We are thrilled to have them. Pete and Maura are one of the most popular duos on the circuit today. Tickets will sell quickly so don’t hesitate.
The Kennedys are an American folk-rock band, consisting of husband and wife Pete and Maura Kennedy. They are recognized for their harmonies and instrumental prowess, blending elements of country music, bluegrass, Western swing and janglepop.
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, and after losing more than 150 concert engagements for the rest of 2020/2021, The Kennedys started a weekly, all-request livestreaming show, beginning on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 2pm EST, and running every Sunday at the same time. These shows were designed to provide an uplifting hour every week to everyone suffering through the pandemic. After the first several shows, in which The Kennedys fielded real-time requests through the chat window, emphasizing their desire to repeat as few songs as possible, they then started including specialty shows, paying tribute to some of their favorite musical influences such as Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Nanci Griffith, Patsy Cline, The Byrds, and a four-part Beatles mini-series. In addition, they have presented hours dedicated to specific genres, including the Summer of Love, a Beach Party, California Country Rock, British Invasion, and a Motown special. All of their weekly shows are archived on their YouTube channel’s Weekly Livestream Archive.
Originally based in Austin, Texas, they spent a few years in the Washington DC area before moving to the East Village in New York City, where they have been based for most of the last two decades. The Kennedys are known nationwide as the hosts of the late lamented Dharma Café program on Sirius Satellite Radio, and on Broadway, they are regular cast members of Theatre Within’s annual tribute to John Lennon — working in that capacity with Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper and a host of others.
Life on the road and time spent in the creative ecosystem of the Village have informed their songwriting over the course of 14 duo albums and half a dozen side projects, and Safe Until Tomorrow is true to that tradition. What sets the album apart is the inclusion of several anthemic, rocking songs of social consciousness that convey a strong message best summed up in one of the song titles: “Be Silent No More.” The Kennedys’ music has been described as uplifting, empowering and encouraging. In these turbulent times, they rise to the occasion with Safe Until Tomorrow
Much more at http://www.kennedysmusic.com

Jon Shain
2023-08-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
Jon Shain is a veteran singer-songwriter who’s been turning heads for years with his words, his fiery acoustic guitar work, and his evolved musical style – combining improvised piedmont blues with bluegrass, swing, and ragtime. He is the 2019 winner of the International Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category. Shain’s most recent solo disc, Gettin’ Handy with the Blues: A Tribute to the Legacy of WC Handy, was released in 2018 and is soon to come out as a music book published by Mel Bay. Shain’s latest releases recorded along with long-time collaborator FJ Ventre are the gorgeous roots album, Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon (2019) and Never Found Way to Tame the Blues (2021).
Jon grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a Merrimack River mill-town that had already seen its better days by the time he was a child in the 1970s. His family’s business was a small textile dyeing company, and he worked in the factory during the summers throughout his teens. At the same time, Shain began to discover his love of American roots music and songwriting, specifically drawn to the narratives about regular people and themes of social justice.
Jon will be accompanied by harmonica wizard Bill Newton for this concert.

Joe Crookston
2023-08-15 19:30 - 22:30 | New Moon Coffeehouse, Haverhill MA, 16 Ashland St, Haverhill, MA, 01830, United States
Admission $25 for adults and $15 for 21 and under. Reserve tickets at the New Moon website, www.newmooncoffeehouse.org, and be prepared to pay in cash at the door. Showtime is 7:30 PM and doors open at 6:30.
Our famous desserts and hot and cold beverages are on sale before the show and during intermission. Plenty of free parking nearby. Building is wheelchair accessible.
Joe Crookston is “a songwriter, guitarist, painter, fiddler, slide player eco-village member and believer in all things possible” and delivers an intriguing and uplifting evening of humor and spirituality.

Patchouli and Terra Guitarra
2023-08-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church, Peterborough NH, 25 Main St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
Patchouli & Terra Guitarra is the #1 Charting International Guitar duo of master guitarist Bruce Hecksel and singer-songwriter, guitarist Julie Patchouli.
Zone Music Reporter calls Terra Guitarra “one of the top nuevo-flamenco groups in the world”, Awarded “Best Instrumental Album of the Year” for Of Sea & Stars. Patchouli is a folk festival headliner and Public Radio favorite with pure, sparkling lead vocals and beautiful harmonies.
Their sound, depth and virtuosity is described as “Simon and Garfunkel meets the Gipsy Kings” and City Pages compares it like “taking a yoga class in a field of running mustangs”. With 22 CDs, 5,000 shows played in US, Europe & Asia Patchouli & Terra Guitarra embody the spirit of the 60’s & 70’s and the Romance of the Spanish guitar, with their world class music that uplifts & gives hope in a show that “inspires the Human Spirit” – Chicago Tribune.

Patchouli & Terra Guitarra www.patchouli.net

Tigerlily Duo 1970's/80's Tribute (acoustic show!) with Yellow 45
2023-08-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Niagara Coffee Haus, Mills MA, 8 Exchange St, Millis, MA, United States
Ticia Low & Jay Tullio from Metrowest’s all-time favorite Rock cover band will be performing a unique Acoustic set of songs from the 70s/80s

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tigerlily-duo-1970s80s-tribute-acoustic-show-with-yellow-45-tickets-669495518117

The Clements Brothers
2023-08-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
The Clements Brothers are George and Charles Clements, identical twins from New England and now living in Gloucester, MA. They’ve been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember and ‘The Clements Brothers’ marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, ‘The Lonely Heartstring Band’ with whom they put out two albums on Rounder Records. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, George (on guitar) and Charles (on bass) aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. They are joined by drummer Mike Harmon, who joined the band after an impromptu late night set at the Ossipee Music festival, and adds his unique roots-conscious musicality to the group’s evolving sound. The trio is a fusion of each member’s unique musical journey, and the result is m

Sold Out!-Guy Davis House Concert
2023-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Sailing Into Song House Concerts, Newton MA, Newton, MA, United States
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Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, Actor, Author, and Songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles. His storytelling is sometimes painful, deep, and real, an earthy contrast to modern-day commercial music, meant to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar or banjo fingerpicking.
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Forest Sun
2023-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
Forest Sun was born in upstate New York to folksinging back-to-the-land hippie parents. His dad used to chop wood with neighbor Garth Hudson of the Band and literally built the floor that Bob Dylan stood on at manager Albert Grossman’s Bearsville studios in Woodstock, NY. His mom heard Pete Seeger and Joan Baez play when they filmed a TV show in her uncles living room in Boston, and dated one of the Chambers Brothers before she met his dad. Weaned on a diet of Jackson Browne and Toots and the Maytals, some of Forest’s earliest memories are of his dad playing “Poncho and Lefty” by Townes Van Zandt and his mom singing Elizabeth Cotton’s “Freight Train”. Forest wrote songs with Rory Block when he was six years old, learned to juggle with WavyGravy when he was 9, and studied drumming with the late African master percussionist Babatunde Olatunji as a teenager. In college he played in a band with SNL star Maya Rudolph. They opened for No Doubt at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz before Forest left to study art in Spain.
A pioneer of the DIY movement he recorded his first record in his bedroom in San Francisco with bassist Seth Ford Young (Tom Waits, Edward Sharpe) and toured Europe for the first time, including playing at the Rally on Dam Square in Amsterdam for the Tibetan Freedom Concert where he first met Ben Harper, Alanis Morrisette and Thom Yorke.
With over 78 million plays on Pandora, troubadour and award-winning songwriter, Forest Sun, enlivens audiences around the globe with his wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told in a laid-back California style. Sun’s soulful music draws on a deep well of Americana and is compared to everyone from Jack Johnson and The Avett Brothers to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. He’s played festivals from California (Strawberry Music Festival, American River Music Festival) to Europe (Belladrum in Scottland, Fiesta City in Belgium),opened for such luminaries as Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Rait, Steve Earle, Keb Mo, and toured with folks like Brett Dennen, Mason Jennings and the Beach Boys (Forest met famed Beach Boys producer Van Dyke Parks at a festival porch jam and later swapped songs on his piano at his house in LA). Musical collaborations on his records include members of Bob Dylans band, members of Calexico/Iron and Wine, Heather Massse(The Wailin’ Jennys, Prairie Home Companion) Jolie Holland (The Be Good Tanyas), JT Nero(of Birds of Chicago), Sean Hayes, jam band ALO, and bluegrass band Hot Buttered Rum.

Hiroya Tsukamoto
2023-07-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
Hiroya Tsukamoto is a one-of-a-kind guitarist and composer. Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan and in 2000, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the US. Since then, he has been performing internationally including United Nations, Blue Note in New York Japanese National Television. Hiroya released six albums. Most recently, he won 2nd place in International Finger Style Guitar Championship in 2022.

The Nields
2023-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church, Peterborough NH, 25 Main St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
If there’s one constant here, it’s The Nields sisters’ beautifully sweet vocal harmonies that sound eerily like the Roches singing Lush in a really big room. It’s infectious stuff.
-Austin Chronicle
What’s A Nields? The Nields story begins with the two sisters. Nerissa and Katryn a grew up singing folk songs in the kitchen and in the back seat of the family car. Katryna learned to sing melody with their father, eventually making her an ideal front person for the band. Nerissa, on the other hand, tackled the harmonies; with that skill, she provided a natural counterpoint to her sister’s vibrant lead. “I knew I wanted to be a singer and songwriter from the time I was 7,” explains Nerissa. “I remember I wrote my first song that I was really proud of when I was 13, and right away I had a harmony for it, so I dragged Katryna out of her room and taught her the harmony. It was instinct — I knew that my sister should be there.” In the late ’80s, Nerissa and Katryna met a graduate student named David Jones, who had always longed for a career in music. Playing acoustic guitar through an electric pedal board, he joined the sisters as they played open mics in the Washington, DC area. Later, he married Nerissa and took HER last name (“Just like the Ramones!,” he said). The trio then moved to New England and released their first two recordings, 66 Hoxsey St. (named after the house in Williamstown, MA that Nerissa and David were living in when they started the band.
By the fall of ’94, The Nields were a full-fledged five-piece acoustic rock explosion. The critical kudos were coming in, with The Boston Globe commenting simply, “The Nields are young. They are hip. They are hot.
So much more to their story at https://nields.com/
XVII, the Nields’ seventeenth album, is both their most personal and their most community-minded. Well into their third decade as a musical partners and—judging by this sublime album––at the very top of their game, the Nields turn to meditations on time, and turning points, their roots and community – both musical and personal – but they also express joy in the present, faith in the future, and a whole lot of hope and promise.

Lynne Hanson
2023-06-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
Too tough for folk and too blues-influenced for country, Lynne Hanson’s brand of porch music with a little red dirt can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. Her hard living music has garnered her the nickname “Canada’s Queen of Americana.” And while her deep, bluesy croon has drawn comparisons to Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch, it’s the poetry of her lyrics that really sets her apart.
Hanson is known for her high energy, roots guitar driven live performances, whether playing solo or with her band the Good Intentions. She has an uncanny way of connecting with her audience with an authenticity that is as entertaining as it is disarming.

The Secret Sauce with Janet Feld, Esther Friedman, & Jackie Damsky in Wakefield
2023-06-25 15:00 - 17:00 | MA
The Secret Sauce in concert,
with Janet Feld, Esther Friedman, and Jackie Damsky.
Sunday, June 25, at 3 pm in Wakefield, $20
On Sunday, June 25, at 3 pm, area friends and families are invited to a concert with The Secret Sauce trio, featuring the talents of Janet Feld, Esther Friedman, & Jackie Damsky. Individually they have performed locally at coffeehouses including Wakefield’s Linden Tree Coffeehouse, & regional festivals. Janet Feld, Esther Friedman & Jackie Damsky have joined forces as The Secret Sauce, performing tasty originals & choice covers, with lots of sweet 3-part harmony, plus guitar, mandolin, & violin. They came together over a love of each other’s songs, great friendship, and fun, and that’s how the Secret Sauce rolls!
Janet Feld is an award-winning performing songwriter, appearing at folk festivals and coffeehouses from coast to coast throughout a nearly three-decade career. She teaches private lessons and offers video lesson programs to people of all ages. She teaches guitar and songwriting at The Passim School of Music and is the founder and Chief Music Officer at Janet’s Planet: Music Lessons for Humanoids, Inc.
Esther Friedman is a Boston-based acoustic singer & songwriter. Her expressive songs are long remembered by her audiences. She started writing songs in the mid-nineties after moving to the area from Cleveland for Lesley University’s Expressive Art Therapy, Master’s Degree program. Inspired by buskers who braved street corners and t-stops, she started writing and performing. Today, she provides therapy in a private practice, counseling those in recovery from trauma, while performing and song writing as much as humanly possible.
Jackie Damsky was originally trained as a classical violinist, and has developed a unique improvisational style over a range of genres including jazz, folk, blues, acoustic rock, and popular music. From halls and clubs to the recording studio, Jackie’s warm and sweet, passionate and evocative violin playing leaves listeners profoundly affected and deeply moved. Jackie weaves a harmonic tapestry with her fellow musicians, adding depth, color, richness and a little magic.
Tickets: $20 with children 12 and under free, cash or check at the door. Thanks to partial funding from the Mass Cultural Council, Wakefield Arts Council and The Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund of the North Shore. Reservations recommended by calling 781 246 2836. Walk-ins will be welcomed as space is available. Light snacks will be available.
The concert sponsored by Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield and the Linden Tree Coffeehouse is planned for the outdoors, if Mother Nature cooperates, else comfortably indoors.
Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield is located 120 Chestnut St. Wakefield, MA 01880.
A member of Jewish Reconstructionist Communities. www.WakefieldTemple.org

Vance Gilbert
2023-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
“If Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might have been something close to the great Vance Gilbert.” As the above quote from Richmond magazine suggests, Vance Gilbert defies stereotypes. It’s little wonder then that he also exceeds expectations. In this case, those two qualities go hand in hand. “I’m black, I sing, I play an acoustic guitar, and I don’t play the blues,” Gilbert insists. That may be a broad statement, but it rings with truth.
What he does do is make memorable music, as evidenced by the 13 albums he’s released so far, as well as the mark he’s made on the folk and acoustic music scenes in general. Over the course of a prolific career that extends back to the early ’90s, he’s recorded with his good friend Ellis Paul and shared stages worldwide with Aretha Franklin, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, the Milk Carton Kids, George Carlin (150+ shows), Anita Baker, the Subdudes, Paul Reiser and any number of others.
He’s also made a prominent presence at some of the world’s most prestigious gatherings, among them the Newport, Winnipeg, Rocky Mountain, Calgary, Ottawa, and Falcon Ridge folk festivals, the Kate Wolf Music Festival, and Australia’s Woodford Folk Festival and Mullum Music Festival. “There was also that one nude festival in Maryland,” Gilbert recalls. “I don’t recall the name of that one, but I have to admit that the name wasn’t the first thing I would remember.”
Naturally, Gilbert can be forgiven for that minor oversight, given the amount of praise he’s received from the pundits. His remarkable rapport with his audiences and his free spirited performances inspired one critic to hail him as “a folkie trapped in a vaudevillian body,” with “a voice that could have been on the opera stage, a wit that could have been on a comedy stage and a songwriting talent that’s thrust him on the folk stage for decades.”
Continue reading at https://vancegilbert.com/bio/

First Church Friday Folk Coffeehouse Presents the Chris Baird/Laura Ridarelli Band on 6/16!
2023-06-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Friday Folk Coffeehouse, Dedham MA, 670 High St, Dedham, MA, 02026, United States
Friday Folk Coffeehouse at First Church Dedham
670 High Street, Dedham, MA
(781) 326-7463
Contact: Geoff Tegnell
First Church Friday Folk Coffeehouse presents its ninth concert of the 2022-2023 season featuring Chris Baird and Laura Ridarelli: Roots Rock, Folk, and Irish Music Duo at First Church and Parish Dedham 670 High Street, Dedham on Friday, June 16, 2023 at 7:30 pm in the Auditorium. There will be refreshments for purchase. Tickets are $10 and are available online at Folk Coffeehouse | dedhamuu and at the door. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
This performance features Chris Baird on guitar, harmonica, and vocals and Laura Ridarelli on fiddle. Both Chris and Laura hail from out of state, but they call Dedham home as they own a home and reside in Riverdale. Chris has lived in the Boston area since 1992 and has been working as a freelance musician in bars, restaurants and performance venues for the last 35 plus years. Laura is a music teacher in the area teaching High School Orchestra. She has been Irish fiddling for over 20 years, under the training of her mentor P.V. O’Donnell, and moved to the Boston area in 2007, where she has played in numerous Irish sessions, and folk groups.
Together, Chris and Laura perform a mix of originals, cover songs, and instrumentals ranging from Roots Rock to American and Irish Folk music. They are highly influenced by Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, Gillian Welch, Jorma Kaukonen, Steve Earle, Paul Brady, The Pogues, Doc Watson, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, and many more. The performance will be a combination of Chris’s memorable original songs, finger picking melodies, singing harmonies between harmonica and fiddle, and foot stomping Irish fiddle tunes.
First Church and Parish Dedham Unitarian Universalist was first gathered in 1638 and is located in Dedham Center at 670 High Street. Its lively music program includes choir at Sunday services, the Parish Players theater troupe, and the Concerts at First Church Saturday classical concert series, in addition to our Friday Folk Coffeehouse events.

Pat Wictor
2023-06-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Javawocky Coffeehouse, Brockton MA, 325 W Elm St, Brockton, MA, 02301, United States

GREG GREENWAY HOUSE CONCERT
2023-06-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Sailing Into Song House Concerts, Newton MA, Newton, MA, United States
Greg Greenway http://www.greggreenway.com
From a Zenith stereo in the upstairs bedroom of a small house in Richmond, VA, to Carnegie Hall, music has been my vehicle to see the world and meet so many of the amazing people in it. I have shaken the hands of my original heroes, sung with them, experienced them as people. They brought me truths about the world not present in what I was handed. This began a lifelong promise to do the same for whoever would listen. These are the things that pass through to you. See The Weight of Feathers https://youtu.be/q5KQ28l9gqw

SUGGESTED DONATION IS $25.00.
COVID PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN RELAXED

Proof of Vaccination, including a booster.

Masks will be optional.

This house concert is By Invitation Only.
If you would like to be added to the invitation list, send name and email address to: sailingintosong@gmail.com

John Gorka
2023-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
From New Jersey, John Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. Though small, Godfrey Daniels was and is one of the oldest and most venerable music institutions and has long been a hangout for music lovers and aspiring musicians. In the late 1970’s, John was was one of these aspiring musicians.
In addition to his 11 critically acclaimed albums, John released a collector’s edition box featuring a hi-definition DVD and companion CD called The Gypsy Life. Windham Hill also released a collection of John’s greatest hits from the label called Pure John Gorka. In 2010, he also released an album with his friends and Red House label-mates Lucy Kaplansky and Eliza Gilkyson under the name Red Horse. Getting high praise from critics and fans alike, it landed on the Billboard Folk Charts and was one of the most played albums on folk radio.
Many well known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. John has graced the stage of Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown and has appeared on CNN. His new song “Where No Monuments Stand” is featured in the upcoming documentary Every War Has Two Losers, about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford (1914-1993).
Continue reading and so much more at https://www.johngorka.com/bio-2/

Side-splitting Silliness with Deb Seymour & Stan Lyness at PCA
2023-05-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Parish Center for the Arts, 10 Lincoln Street, Westford, MA, 01886, United States
WESTFORD, MA: Join two of the funniest songwriters you’ll ever know for an evening of satire, parody and silliness! The duo of Deb Seymour and Stan Lyness will be taking the stage at the Parish Center for the Arts, 10 Lincoln Street on May 27 at 7pm (Doors open 6:30pm). For ticket reservations and more information, visit pcawestford.org.
How exactly does one sum up the whimsical songwriter Deb Seymour? According to a fan, “Joni Mitchell meets Lucille Ball.” Deb Seymour writes songs that tickle your funny bone and pull at your heart strings. She is a master musical storyteller whose songs range from hitch-hiking chickens and tango-dancing Martians to blues-influenced torch songs. She plays at wineries, festivals, house concerts, cafes and listening rooms. Deb is a skilled, award-winning guitarist and singer who counts four albums of original material (currently working on the 5th). She also simulcasts her popular livestream, “Brunch w/Deb” on her Facebook and YouTube channels every Sunday, whether on the road or not. Her fans call themselves “Deb-Heads” and tune in from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Israel and Australia.
Playing alongside Deb is musician and satirist Stan Lyness, a Boston-area songwriter with an unshakeable faith that, at its core, the universe is funny and can be forced to rhyme. Stan will leave you between stitches and tears with his witty repartee and sardonic humor. He was first moved to write by an excruciatingly dull high school social studies class, and has ever since taken up the pen whenever things get slow. He now finds himself in “an enormously productive period.”
Sit, chat, sing and laugh ‘til your sides ache during Seymour & Lyness’ fun concert at the Parish Center for the Arts (PCA), located at 10 Lincoln Street on Westford Common. Bring your own food and drink for a complete evening of entertainment. Limited cabaret-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm; show begins at 7pm. For tickets and more information, call (978) 692-6333, visit pcawestford.org or visit them on Facebook.
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The Rough and Tumble
2023-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will take place on the covered patio of the hosts’ home in Rockport, Massachusetts. If the weather is horrid, we will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to whalecoveproductions@gmail.com to get more information or to make a reservation.
The Rough & Tumble, a dynamic duo comprised of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, have been captivating audiences with their unique blend of dumpster-folk and thrift store-Americana for over a decade. The Pennsylvania-born Graham and Central California’s Tyler have a knack for weaving together elements of joy, sorrow, comedy, and drama in their music, leaving audiences on the edge of their seats. Now, in 2023, the band is set to release Only This Far, a 12-song collection drawing from the highs and lows of their lived experiences over all those years.
With a smorgasbord of eclectic instruments and a stunning blend of harmonious vocals, the band has crafted a work of profound emotional depth with this new album. The songs are a symphony of raw, unbridled emotion, weaving together tales of love, loss, and longing with a deft touch that could only be crafted by these two songwriters who have quite literally lived on the road for the better part of a decade. It’s a true testament to the band’s unwavering dedication to their craft.

Kristen Ford
2023-05-20 19:30 - 22:30 | New Moon Coffeehouse, Haverhill MA, 16 Ashland St, Haverhill, MA, 01830, United States
Young, energetic indie-rock performer who reflects the best of current musical vibes along with folk, reggae, jazz and more. Concert takes place in the intimate and acoustically perfect meeting room of the Haverhill UU Church. Easy free parking. Enter by the back door. Reserve tickets at newmooncoffeehouse.org and pay cash at the door. $20 for adults and $10 for 21 and under.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse Presents Kate Prascher
2023-05-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Stone Soup Coffeehouse, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, 02906, United States
Kate Prascher is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for her evocative songwriting. She was thrilled to be named an IBMA Songwriting Showcase finalist in 2021. Inspired by her Tennessee roots and influenced by master song crafters like Hazel Dickens and Gillian Welch, singles The Fox and the River and City of Ghosts showcase Kate’s versatility as both writer and performer. Her songs are outspoken and sometimes tender, by turns playful and heart-piercing.

Ink 19 described Kate’s “delicate and expressive singing” and “intangible vintage feel”. Christine King writes,
“Kate Prascher is a jewel waiting to be discovered”.

Kate’s past work includes her 2019 solo EP Bright Like This, 2016’s Almanac recorded with The Tumble and a self-titled EP released by The Wildwood Sisters. She has performed with numerous artists as a singer, mandolinist and duet partner.

Tom Irving
2023-05-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Javawocky Coffeehouse, Brockton MA, 325 W Elm St, Brockton, MA, 02301, United States

THE SQUEEZEBOX STOMPERS at Me&Thee Music Friday, May 19
2023-05-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
The Squeezebox Stompers return to the Me&Thee to close our season with a CD Release “Mardi Gras in May” Concert & Dance. Performing high-energy Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, Folk and originals, the Stompers always get folks up and moving with their engaging step-lively up-beat music. Their instrumentation includes accordion, keyboards, fiddle, saxophone, harmonica, penny whistle, guitars, bass, drums and scrub board that they may ask you play! Party-lit Stetson Hall will be renamed Stetson (Dance) Hall for the evening.

First Church Dedham Friday Folk Coffeehouse Presents Andrew Innes and the Reluctant Ramblers on 5/19!
2023-05-19 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
Friday Folk Coffeehouse at First Church Dedham
670 High Street, Dedham, MA
(781) 326-7463
Contact: Geoff Tegnell
First Church Friday Folk Coffeehouse presents its eighth concert of the 2022-2023 season featuring Andrew Innes & The Reluctant Ramblers at First Church and Parish Dedham 670 High Street, Dedham on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:30 pm in the Auditorium. There will be refreshments for purchase. Tickets are $10 and are available online at Folk Coffeehouse | dedhamuu and at the door. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Andrew Innes The Reluctant Ramblers make their first appearance at the Friday Folk Coffeehouse at First Church Dedham. The Ramblers draw their material primarily from Andrew’s original songs which are rooted in the slower, dreamier side of indie-folk, blues, Americana and bluegrass. Andrew Innes (Acoustic Guitar & Vocals) has been studying and performing music for almost 40 years. Andrew started at the age of 16 with harmonica and piano, and then picked up saxophone in his senior year of high school. Over the years Andrew has fronted various jazz groups on alto and tenor saxophones; played washboard, musical saw and harmonica with the wonderful NYC-based bluegrass/western swing band, The Bootleg Remedy. Andrew played saxophone and harmonica with indie-chamber pop supergroup Champale (featuring members of Clem Snide, Luna & Nada Surf) and spent two years in the house band for the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. He performed for many years with Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement, a provocatively unlikely collaboration between Henson-level puppeteers and an avant-garde rock band and added musical saw, saxophones and accordion to the cinematic soundscapes of the instrumental band, Anchor Tattoo. In recent years Andrew has shifted his primary focus to guitar, dobro, singing, and songwriting and can be seen in the Boston area fronting the Reluctant Ramblers, playing with the AKE Trio, and accompanying singer-songwriter Carla Ryder. Check out www.weescotsman.com to sign up for Andrew’s email list and find out about upcoming shows.
Eric Smalley (Upright bass) and Kim Patch (Fiddle) play with many groups in the Boston area including The Rozzicats, Louder Than Milk, Creek River String Band & the Bookmatch Duo. Tim Obetz (Pedal Steel) has performed and recorded with many musicians and bands in the Boston-area including Buffalo Tom, Will Dailey, Terry Kitchen, Buttercup, and The Pineapple Ranch Hands.
First Church and Parish Dedham Unitarian Universalist was first gathered in 1638 and is located in Dedham Center at 670 High Street. Its lively music program includes choir at Sunday services, the Parish Players theater troupe, and the Concerts at First Church Saturday classical concert series, in addition to our Friday Folk Coffeehouse events.

Wide Open Spaces & Performing Songwriter Competition, May 13, 2023
2023-05-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Rose Garden Coffeehouse, Mansfield MA, 17 West St, Mansfield, MA, 02048, United States
Wide Open Spaces plays “bluegrass without borders”, using bluegrass instrumentation to play a wide range of music, with genres from the Kentucky hills to Celtic and Caribbean isles with overtones of Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch, Kate Wolf, Bill Monroe, Newgrass Revival and the Beatles.
FEATURING:
Peter Anick – Vocals, Mandolin and Fiddle
Matt Carlen – Guitar, Vocals
Marie (Mud) Rocheleau-Demers – Vocals, Guitar
Jeffrey Horton (Mansfield’s own!)– Bass, Vocals
Paul Wolf – Drums, Percussion
Combining the traditional sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass with modern song writing, jazzy rock-edged arrangements and tight three-part harmonies, they take audiences on a musical joy ride that has some people saying: “I can’t believe that’s bluegrass!” Anything can happen – and usually does.
The band’s debut CD is entitled “Fiddletown”, drawing the name from the Pete Anick original that starts the compilation of 14 songs, 13 of which are original Wide Open Spaces’ compositions.
The ‘Spaces’ are comprised of former members of the newgrass stew pot known as Acoustic Planet, the bluegrass wunderkinds The Fogg Brothers, Marie of the famed acoustic folk duo, Chuck and Mud, and our most recent acquisition, RI Bluegrass Hall of Famer Jeff Horton, who brings 40 years of bluegrass experience as an alumni of Northern Lights and the infamous Neon Valley Boys.
Whether you prefer beautiful Celtic fiddle reels, rockin’ guitar solos, Beatle-esque and Alison Krauss style harmonies – or original songs sometimes reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet, Dave Brubeck, and Doyle Lawson – come join the Spaces for an evening of good-humored musical alchemy.

** SOLD OUT ** James Keelaghan — Reese Fulmer opens
2023-05-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Old Sloop Presents, Rockport MA, 12 School St, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Advance tickets for this concert are $20 for adults and $5 for youth. Tickets can be purchased from the Old Sloop Presents website at oldslooppresents.org, at John Tarr Store in Rockport, and at The Bookstore of Gloucester. The suggested contribution at the door is $25 for adults, $5 for those age 18 and under, and $50 for families.
Throughout a career that now spans almost four decades, Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award winner James Keelaghan has created a repertoire of incalculable importance — a unique body of work, either inspired by or drawn from the folk tradition. He has released ten solo albums flush with enduring lyrical relevance. Many of the lyrics in his songs display a concern about social problems and justice in society. Eminent Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh described Keelaghan as “Canada’s finest songwriter.”
Born and raised in Gloucester, MA, Reese Fulmer has quickly made a name for himself in the Capital Region of New York, as a sensitive songwriter and engaging performer. His songs tell a different story, with a clear eye, poetic touch, and unique imagination.
