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Low Lily's Winter Solstice Celebration
2023-12-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
“Low Lily brandishes their formidable individual folk foundations within a collective sound that’s as smart with sense of pop phrasing and flair as it is roots-savvy.” –Roots Music Report

“[Low Lily has] an incredible knack for putting a little pop twist on a traditional folk/Americana sound… it’s a blend that works beautifully.”
–PopMatters

American Roots band Low Lily celebrates the Solstice! This high energy show will feature instrumentals alongside impeccably arranged songs to honor the season. Between them, the musicians play mandolins, guitars, fiddle, banjo, and sing in three part vocal harmonies.

With the release of their new record ‘Angels in the Wreckage’ (produced by Dirk Powell), the New England-based band LOW LILY brings their infectious sound to a new level. With the energy of fiddle music, the introspective quality of contemporary folk, the precision of bluegrass, and the drive of Americana, the members of Low Lily combine their individual talents into one stunning soundscape.

Low Lily has shared their signature sound with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK, garnering two #1 songs on international folk radio and two Independent Music Award wins. In 2018, the band released a full-length album with 2X award-winning title track “10,000 Days Like These” and their original song “Hope Lingers On”, which has been sung by choirs around the world as an anthem for peace and justice.

Linden Tree's Winter Potpourri featuring Erin Ash Sullivan with 9 others. $10 min. donation
2023-12-09 19:30 - 22:00 | Linden Tree Concerts, Wakefield MA, 120 Chestnut St., Wakefield, MA, 01880, United States
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AT 7:30 PM. LINDEN TREE’S ANNUAL WINTER POTPOURRI
Featuring Erin Ash Sullivan and a special showcase with 8 contestants hosted by Kirsten Manville
Special holiday tickets are $10 minimum donation. To be shared with Wakefield Food Pantry
Welcoming to Wakefield will be several new singer-songwriters in our Linden Tree’s Annual Winter Potpourri. Area folks who have never been to a Linden Tree show are encouraged to attend. They will get to meet over 10 acoustic music performers and help the volunteers with audience participation in discovering new talent.At the same time, audience will be supporting the local music venue in its 39th season and the Wakefield Food Pantry.
Hosting the show is Kirsten Manville, a Wakefield based singer-songwriter who engages audiences with melodic and lyric-focused Americana music, with a touch of blues and country. Her songs have singable lyrics and memorable melodies that capture stories about every day life , the ups and downs and in-betweens. Her latest CD is “Blossom in the Sun.” It was a Top 5 pick in the September 2022 issue of Metronome Magazine. www.kirstenmanville.com
The feature set will be performed by Last year’s winter potpourri winner Erin Ash Sullivan. She is a Massachusetts-based folk singer-songwriter who loves a good storytelling song. In 2021 she released her debut solo album, We Can Hear Each Other, which reached #10 on the FAI DJ Chart. In 2022, she has been a Grassy Hill Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, the recipient of the Mark Erelli Judge’s Choice Award in the New England Songwriting Competition, and a Songwriter Serenade Semifinalist. Victor Infante of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette describes her music as “delicate and evocative” with songs full of “nuance and emotional resonance.” erinashsullivan.com
Participating in contest to win tonight’s audience favorite acts will be:
Diane Battistello, Sam Bayer, Mike Laureanno, Steve Robb, Anne Sandstrom, Mark Zelermyer, John Ferullo, and Peter Vilbig. Each of these performers will sing two songs each. The audience will be able to rate each. Two with top votes will be invited for a future Linden Tree concert.
A speechwriter by trade, Diane Battistello relies on those techniques and methods for both her songwriting and her political activism. Her short story writing turned into songwriting in the 1970s when she bought her first guitar. Influenced early by the music of Joni Mitchell, it was during the 1980’s when she found herself drawn to the lyrics of Greg Brown. She credits her finger-picking style to the guidance she’s received over the years from different guitar teaches, including the south coast’s Steve Allain and John Baptista. With one EP behind her, ‘Green Mountain Blue’, Battistello is just releasing a full CD, ‘Introvert’s Buffet (or What I Did on My COVID Vacation)’. www.dianebattistello.com
Boston musician Sam Bayer is your literate, exuberant guide to an imaginary world where housewives win the Nobel Prize in physics, poker-playing children gamble over their bedtimes, and metaphorical elephants pirouette in the den, four and a half minutes at a time. His latest studio CD, The Great Indoors, brings 11 gems from his universe to yours.” https://sambayer.com
John Ferullo is a songwriter and open mike host from Massachusetts. He performs his own songs and other folks songs all around New England. His music has been described as “about important things with his stories about seemingly small things”. Stories about regular people. John runs the long running PCA Open mic. in Westford Ma. and is in the process of recording a new collection of songs. johnfreullo.com
Mike Laureanno hails from Fall River, MA an old mill-town infamous for its axe wielding resident Lizzie Borden and famous for its chow mein sandwiches and pork pies! A passionate performer, Mike’s songs are visceral and evocative. He is proud of his roots and many of his songs deal with his gritty blue-collar hometown and the lives of his family and friends. He is a winner of the 2017 Wildflower, TX songwriting contest, the 2016 Woody Guthrie songwriting contest and a 2016 Kerrville New Folk, TX finalist. mikelaureanno.com
Anne Sandstrom is a singer-songwriter who draws inspiration from life (and near-death) experiences, history, social issues, and even books. She carefully crafts lyrics and sets them to intricate melodies, accompanied by guitar played in one of a number of open tunings. Although trained in music theory and composition as a high school student at Berklee, Anne relies on her innate musical sense to create her poetic songs. During COVID lockdown, Anne took the opportunity to virtually travel to the U.S. southwest, Scotland, England, and Israel, where enthusiastic audiences requested numerous repeat appearances. Her music was featured in a video produced by Nobel Peace Prize recipient International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. She has also performed at events to advocate for nuclear disarmament. https://annesandstrom.bandcamp.com/
Pete Vilbig, a fiction writer and former journalist, writes songs that combine strong narrative and evocative language, often about the American scene. Pete covered the contra war in Central America for the Boston Globe and crime and politics in Miami for the Miami Herald, but he’s also been a furniture mover, apartment painter, a group home counselor, and a New York City public high school teacher. Currently he teaches writing at Harvard College. In NYC Pete busked in the subway and Central Park, and joined the Jack Hardy Songwriters Exchange. In Providence, he performed at the Rhode Island Folk Festival and PVD Fest, and in recent months, he’s been part of the Folk Music Notebook’s Artist in Residence series, the Rhode Island Songwriters Association Songwriters in the Round, and as the feature performer at open mics at Strings Bar and Grill and the Sandywoods Center for the Arts. The best place to hear his music is on his YouTube page at Peter Vilbig Music.
Mark Zelermyer’s originals tell stories about everyday life. His songs are always thoughtful and engaging, ranging from touching to funny, heartfelt to uplifting. Backed by Bob Metzger on guitar and John Vandale on bass, Mark and the band perform around Greater Boston and livestream as far away as England. Their second full-length album will be released in the Spring. According to Metronome, “Mark Zelermyer delivers a collection of poignant songs on his debut release, Prior to Leaving.” www.markzelermyer.com
Admission to this special Linden Tree concert is a suggested $10 donation, cash or check at the door. Reservations for preferential seating are by calling 781-246-2836. There will be seats available at the door. Linden Tree Concerts are held in Wakefield UU Church 326 Main St. Wakefield, MA 01880
We thank the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Wakefield Chapter for supporting our concert series that has allowed us to bring quality programming to our community. Linden Tree also supports Fair Trade Music Local 1000. For more information see www.LindenTreeCoffeehouse.org and our Facebook page. Masks not required.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse Presents Wintesong / Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
2023-12-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Stone Soup Coffeehouse, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, 02906, United States
We New Englanders have two primary coping mechanisms for wintertime: introspection and celebration. We hole up and reflect on our lives, and then we let loose and party. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem’s Wintersong program does both, swinging from a 15th century carol to fiddle- and percussion-driven New Year’s shouts from the Georgia Sea Islands and Louisiana, to bluesy and banjo-driven settings of modern songwriters — and then back, to original settings of verse from Tennyson, Chesterton, and Longfellow.
There are songs about a baby born in Bethlehem, including the electric guitar-driven “Let’s Make a Baby King” (by Jesse Winchester), a soaring version of the spiritual “Children, Go Where I Send Thee;” and “Singing in the Land,” an Appalachian hymn in four-part harmony. There are also songs about love and war, loss and hope. There are songs about the emptiness of commercial Christmas, and the fullness of the ideas that brought it to be.

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem’s Wintersong program sidesteps the holiday canon and digs up the power, beauty and hopeful yearning at the roots of this holiday. These are songs — and musicians —full of fierce poetry and wild joy; this program is their ode to light and dark, and to the balance of both at the turn of the year.

Patty Larkin Holiday Concert
2023-12-09 19:00 - 21:00 | South Shore Folk Music Club, Duxbury MA, 842 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
The South Shore Folk Music Club (SSFMC) Presents Patty Larkin, Saturday Dec 9 2023 for a Holiday Concert.
7-9p, doors open at 630p but not earlier as we’re still setting up the hall.
Tickets: Club Member: $25, Non-Member: $27
You may purchase in advance at https://www.southshorefolkmusicclub.org/

Location:
First Parish Church Duxbury
842 Tremont St (Rte 3A) Duxbury
Park in Rear of church and enter the double doors.
We are handicapped accessible. If someone is accompanying you, please have them come into the building to alert us, so we can readily assist.
The SSFMC Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
*We are always looking for volunteers, especially in the kitchen, helping with sound, or a myriad of other tasks.

Patty Larkin is a visionary of sound and wonder, a real deal version of artistry made of equal parts guitar wizardry, vocals shot through with soul and inventive lyrics that ripple across the terrain of the heart. Patty is an imaginative, hilarious, enchanting performer who’s redefined the boundaries of the guitar driven singer-songwriter! Join us for Holiday Spirit and a Legend!

Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl at Me&Thee Music Friday, Dec. 8
2023-12-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
50th anniversary concert!
Tickets: https://ti.to/me-thee-music

Jonny Kringle & The Wondaland Band's Rock & Roll Holiday Extravaganza
2023-12-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Second Friday Concerts at First Church Belmont MA, 404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, 02478

Randall Kromm
2023-12-03 15:30 - 17:00 | Music and Friends House Concerts, Woburn MA, Woburn, MA, 01801, United States
Suggested donation is $15 at the door.
A lifelong musician with a background in musical theater, early music, and the 1980s Boston indie pop scene, Randall Kromm reinvented himself as a folksinger in 2009 and soon realized he’d found his musical home. Playing at coffeehouses, open mikes, and clubs in the greater Boston area, Randall quickly distinguished himself as a songwriter and performer. In the years since, he has performed sold-out shows at Club Passim, New England’s premier folk venue, released four CDs, Water Wheel (2011), Holidays and Homecomings (2011), Time Won’t Let Us Stay (2014), and Rough and Polished Stones (2017), and received a multitude of accolades from the music community, including Christine Lavin and Don White.
Randall is an adherent to the principle of writing what you know, Randall composing beautifully crafted songs of ordinary life that focus on themes of family, relationships, and growing older with wit and insight. His most recent CD, Rough and Polished Stones, was chosen by Folk DJ Rich Warren of the Midnight Special radio program as “Rich’s pick” for the month of October 2017 and in 2018 received a glowing review in the premier roots music publication No Depression. The review lauds Randall’s effective songwriting across a variety of genres, comparing it to the work of Hank Williams and Towns Van Zandt, and concludes: “Randall is covering a genre that Tom Waits isn’t, that Leonard Cohen touched upon but never developed, that Buddy Miller and John Prine do but always seem to pour a little vinegar in. Kromm pours no whiskey into his tunes. They are just wholeheartedly the truth – the naked truth.”
A prolific songwriter, Randall frequently returns to the studio, often joined by his two oldest daughters, Emma and Grace, talented singers in their own right who have a natural gift for harmony. Randall currently working on a new CD of holiday-themed songs, Sentimental Season, due to be released on October 1, 2018. Randall also performs regularly at folk venues in and around Boston.

John McCutcheon ** SOLD OUT **
2023-12-03 15:00 - 17:30 | Old Sloop Presents, Rockport MA, 12 School St, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His thirty recordings have garnered every imaginable honor including seven Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums of other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary singer-songwriters to educational and documentary works. His books and instructional materials have introduced budding players to the joys of their own musicality. And his commitment to grassroots political organizations has put him on the front lines of many of the issues important to communities and workers.
Advance tickets are $25 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 $30 for adults, $5 for those age 18 and under, and $60 for families

Ellis Paul with Radoslav Lorković and with Grace Morrison opening
2023-12-02 20:00 - 22:30 | Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin MA, 262 Chestnut St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States

Rob Flax and the Boom Chick Trio
2023-12-02 19:30 - 22:30 | Music on Centre, West Roxbury MA, 1859 Centre St, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Admission $25 for adults and $15 for 21 and under. Reserve tickets by emailing musiconcentre@gmail.com and pay at the door. Cash is preferred but we can also take credit cards. Concerts are an outreach of the Theodore Parker Church at 1859 Centre Street in West Roxbury. Shows are either in the church itself or in the parish hall behind the church on Corey Street.
Desserts and hot and cold beverages are on sale before the show and during intermission. Plenty of free parking nearby. Building is wheelchair accessible.
The Boom Chick Trio offers an eclectic mix of jazz, rock and just plain fun. Trio consist of master instrumentalists on violin, upright bass and guitar, spiced with captivating vocals and mind-boggling diversity.

Kirstin Manville and Jackie Damsky
2023-11-19 13:00 - 17:00 | Lakeview Houseconcert Series, Sharon MA, Sharon, MA, United States
Potluck at 1:00PM, join the artists before the show. Icecream at intermission.
RSVP to “info@lakeviewhouseconcerts.org” to reserve a seat, don’t reply to this email. You must get an invitation email from me to attend.
See www.kirstenmanville.com or www.jackiedamsky.com for more info about them. Call 508 528 0026 for questions leave a message.
$15-$25 suggested donation in the tip jar, payment is optional. 100% of the donations go directly to the artists. There are no tickets, but please RSVP so I know how many will be here.
“With naturally gifted vocal command, Manville explores the intricacies of love, life, and the finer things with a sharp eye on details. Her lyrics are heartfelt and genuine and delivered with just the right amount of instinct and emotion.”
– Douglas Sloan, Metronome Magazine
“Kirsten Manville is a Boston-based performing songwriter who engages audiences with melodic and lyric-focused Americana music, with a touch of blues.
Music, and specifically singing and songwriting, have always been the primary way I have tried to make sense of the world and the ups and downs of life,” she says. “And hopefully, listeners can relate to the emotions or stories depicted in my songs, and take comfort in knowing someone else is feeling the same way or has the same questions or wants the same things. The is what music has always done for me. Plus, singing is really fun, and it just makes me feel good.”
Christine Lavin, singer-songwriter and comedienne extraordinaire, comments about Jackie’s playing ~
“I never thought I’d find a violinist on a level with Robin Batteau — but Jackie Damsky — girl, you got it goin’ on. Your playing is soulful and sensitive — when you came onstage you brought a special ‘lightness’ that everyone felt. What a night — thank you so much — can’t wait to work with you again!”
Originally trained as a classical violinist, Jackie 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.

Seth Glier
2023-11-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin MA, 262 Chestnut St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States

The Kennedys
2023-11-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Rose Garden Coffeehouse, Mansfield MA, 17 West St, Mansfield, MA, 02048, United States
NOTE: NEW earlier showtime: 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7.
Two of our favorites return! At well over a million miles of roadwork, including two stints as members of Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra, Pete and Maura Kennedy show no signs of slowing down either on tour or in the creative realm.
Songwriting duo Pete and Maura Kennedy make a strong return to the studio and stage after three years of weekly live-streamed lockdown-era concerts. They took the opportunity to explore classic songwriting in depth, performing over a thousand songs during the pandemic. That vast overview strengthened and refined their own writing and laid the foundation for this new collection of original, socially-conscious songs.
“After such a deep dive into American roots music, we felt like we had a new set of writing tools. We were ready to create this body of work, and there’s just SO much to write about,” says Maura. “During our five-year hiatus from writing and recording, America changed in massive ways, divisive ways that have shaken our whole foundation. That has to be addressed by creative artists, those of us who have a voice to speak for others. Our love of the great things about this country, things that are under threat, is the reason we decided to make “Headwinds” the title track of the CD. Political and social headwinds are making it hard to get back “home’ to our greatness as a nation. We want to push back in a positive way against those winds.”
In addition to singing and writing, Pete and Maura are multi-instrumentalists. The thirteen songs are cast in a soundscape that draws from the classic canon of American roots, in keeping with the theme of getting back “home” as a nation. Acoustic and electric guitars, a vintage steel guitar, a gospel-inflected piano/organ mix, and even a slide ukulele all add colors to a songbag of sounds that have drawn us together during hard times. Pete and Maura believe that those sounds still have the power to pull us through again.
The Kennedys began their writing and touring life three decades ago as members of Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra, developing their own sound as a frequent support act on Nanci’s tours across America, Ireland, Scotland and England. Collaborations with Nanci continued, culminating in Pete and Maura producing her final album, “Intersections.” Along the way, they hosted a nationwide radio program, “The Dharma Cafe” on Sirius/XM, wrote and released sixteen CDs of original music, and have been core artists on folk radio, expanding their audience further with the inception of the AAA and Americana formats.

Garnet Rogers, 7:30pm
2023-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | New Moon Coffeehouse, Haverhill MA, 16 Ashland St, Haverhill, MA, 01830, United States
The New Moon is excited to have Garnet return to its stage. His towering presence, deep melodic voice, and meticulous finger picking guitar work saturate the room in song. He is widely considered one of the finest talents today. Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, optimistic and deeply purposeful. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humor and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.
Tickets for this show are available at the door starting around 6:30; doors open at 7:00. Tickets may be reserved a few weeks prior to the show by visiting www.newmooncoffeehouse.org.

Thanksgiving Hootenanny - Steve Folino and the Folk Ensemble
2023-11-18 19:00 - 21:30 | South Shore Folk Music Club, Duxbury MA, 842 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm, Doors open 6:30 pm
First Parish Church, 842 Tremont St (Rte 3A) Duxbury
Tickets: $8 Members, $10 Non-Members
For advance tickets please visit our website https://southshorefolkmusicclub.org
South Shore Folk Music Club Presents:
Steve Folino and the Folk Ensemble – Thanksgiving Hootenanny
A 6-piece ensemble in the round will feature songs from Townes Van Zandt, Pete Seegar,
Bob Dylan and John Prine. Mark your calendars for our Thanksgiving extravaganza!
A night of acoustic folk music from some of the finest local musicians in the area.
501-3c Non-Profit

Sol y Canto at Harmony on the Green with Nicolás Emden opening
2023-11-18 07:30 - 21:00 | Harmony on the Green Coffeehouse, 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
Sol y Canto is the award-winning Pan-Latin ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and percussionist Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist, singer and composer Brian Amador. Featuring Rosi’s crystalline voice and Brian’s lush Spanish guitar and inventive compositions, Sol y Canto is known for making their music accessible to Spanish- and non-Spanish speaking audiences of all ages.
Nicolás Emden will open this show. He is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter, originally from Chilean Patagonia. His music navigates the waters of pop, rock, and Latin American folk.
Doors will open at 7 p.m., with Nicolas Emden taking the stage at 7:30. We are wheelchair accessible and have ADA parking spots in the lot behind the building.
See our website for more details.

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem at Me&Thee Music Friday, Nov. 17
2023-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Tickets: https://ti.to/me-thee-music

Leslie Mendelson — Kim Moberg opens
2023-11-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Old Sloop Presents, Rockport MA, 12 School St, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
If Leslie Mendelson’s only collaboration with a legendary musician was Jackson Browne, it would be a worthy point to celebrate. What’s truly telling is that Leslie has also drawn the attention of The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir who recorded a duet with her on Roy Orbison’s standard, “Blue Bayou,” while no less than classic rock royalty The Who invited her to open two shows at Madison Square Garden last year. She was set to open three more dates for the band in 2020 that were unfortunately postponed due to the pandemic. With some of rock music’s most legitimate voices seeking Leslie out, it leaves no doubt the rarefied air she inhabits as an artist.
Award winning singer/songwriter Kim Moberg was born in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of a classical pianist mother of Alaskan Native Tlingit descent and a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas. Music was the constant in Kim’s childhood, helping her to adjust to the frequent moves associated with growing up in a military family.
Advance tickets are $17 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 $22 for adults, $5 for those age 18 and under, and $44 for families

Stone Soup Coffeehouse Open Mic Series with RISA
2023-11-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Stone Soup Coffeehouse, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, 02906, United States

Jazz Fusion from Polarized Guru
2023-11-11 19:30 - 21:30 | New Revival Coffeehouse, Stow MA, 353 Great Rd, Stow, MA, 01775, United States
Tickets are $17 in advance at Eventbrite.com, or $20 the day of the concert
The New Revival Coffeehouse presents Polarized Guru on Saturday Nov. 11 in a concert to benefit First Parish Church.
Polarized Guru performs a dynamic show with a mix of jazz, funk, latin, and other styles. Inspired by artists like Chick Corea, Spyro Gyra, The Yellow Jackets, and Steps Ahead, Polarized Guru plays covers and originals.
“What a pleasure it is to hear a band like Polarized Guru. This five-piece fusion group is polished, professional and plays with passion and joy (no cold fusion here). This is a band for serious listening and enjoyment – recommended for concerts and clubs more than easy-listening jazz brunches.” — Tom Nutile, Host of the Tuesday edition of Standard Time on WICN.
The members of the band are Paul Rodriguez, guitar, Todd Rhodes, drums, Michael Merrill, bass, Bob Ponte, keyboards and John MacNeill, saxes and Aerophone.
The Nifong Brothers, Berklee graduates and accomplished local musicians, will open the evening with a short set. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30. Masks are optional.
For more information, see www.polarizedguru.com or https://fpc-stow-acton.org/music/coffeehouse For questions, call 978-274-2593, or email coffeehouse@fpc-stow-acton.org.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse Presents Lisa Bastoni, Casey Hayward Opening
2023-11-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Stone Soup Coffeehouse, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, 02906, United States
Lisa Bastoni (Northampton, MA) is a 2022 New England Music Award nominee (Roots), 2020 & 2019 Boston Music Award Nominee (Folk) and winner of 2019 New Folk at the esteemed Kerrville Folk Festival. In addition to her work in music, Lisa Bastoni is an accomplished visual artist and teacher, and mother to two young children. Lisa Bastoni has opened for/performed with Lori McKenna, Dar Williams, Regina Spektor, The Secret Sisters, Teddy Thompson, Rose Cousins, Mark Erelli, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, and many more.

Casey Hayward Opens.

Abbie Gardner
2023-11-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
“Not only a first-rate Dobro player but a songwriter to be reckoned with.”
–John Platt, WFUV
Abbie Gardner is a fiery dobro player with an infectious smile. Whether performing solo or with Americana harmony trio Red Molly, her acclaimed tales of love and loss, both gritty and sweet, are propelled by her impeccable lap style slide guitar playing. Solo performances feature the dobro as a solo instrument, bouncing between a solid rhythmic backbone and ripping lead lines, all in support of her voice and songs. Her latest recording DobroSinger hit #11 on the Billboard Blues Chart. It’s intimate, real and raw – her dobro and voice recorded at the same time at home, without a band or any studio tricks to hide behind. You can hear every breath, every chuckle, as if you are in the room with her.
https://www.abbiegardner.com/

Carrie Newcomer w/pianist Gary Walters
2023-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Second Friday Concerts at First Church Belmont MA, 404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, 02478

Louise Adams with Bill T Anderson Opening and the Open Mic - Coffeehouse
2023-11-10 19:00 - 21:30 | South Shore Folk Music Club, Duxbury MA, 842 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
The South Shore Folk Music Club presents Louise Adams – Feature with Bill T Anderson Opening and the Open Mic! Tickets are $8 Members,$9 Non-Members, Doors and Signups – 6:30p, show starts at 7p First Parish Duxbury 842 Tremont St (Rte 3A) Duxbury, Parking is behind the church. Building is wheelchair accessible. Desserts and beverages sold before the show and during intermission.
Singer-songwriter Louise Adams has played with Jim Schulze and Dave Yaeger in their band, ‘Tupelo Honey’ throughout the South Shore and Cape Cod. Louise recently released her first album “Come Dance With Me” and has been described as “a folk singer with a voice that soothes, caresses and soars with songs of the heart, soul, life, of love and forgiveness”. Her album has just received a silver medal from the Global Music awards.
Singer-songwriter, luthier, oboist and more, Bill T. Anderson has worn a lot of hats and tuxes in his long musical journey! His songs paint movie-like images across the psyche. You may shed a tear, but you will always leave his shows tired from smiling.

SAILING INTO SONG PRESENTS BROOKS WILLIAMS!
2023-11-05 14:00 - 16:30 | Sailing Into Song House Concerts, Newton MA, Newton, MA, United States
⛵️SAILING INTO SONG HOUSE CONCERTS IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR LAST CONCERT IN 2023!
10/22/23-THIS CONCERT HAS REACHED CAPACITY, NO SEATS ARE AVAILABLE!
BROOKS WILLIAMS NOVEMBER 5, 2023 Brooks Williams Web Page
Cambridge UK-based, Statesboro, Georgia US-born guitarist singer and songwriter Brooks Williams is admired by both listeners and fellow musicians, and has been a leading light on the acoustic music scene for three decades. “He was playing Americana before it had been given the name” (CMP). Brooks Williams’ guitar skills are evident as he effortlessly slides in and out of folk, blues and country with a jazz player’s adroitness. It comes as no surprise he is listed in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists.
Opening for Brooks- Tom Smith-Tom Smith is an award-winning performer and songwriter, applying his old-school folk tradition to timeless stories of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. In the words of WUMB Boston folk radio host Dave Palmater, “Tom Smith writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there – a true folksinger.”
SUGGESTED DONATION IS $25.00.
COVID PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN RELAXED: Proof of Vaccination, including a booster. Masks will be optional.
THIS IS A “SAVE-THE- DATE NOTICE ONLY, NO RESPONSE IS REQUIRED!
For those who like to plan in Advance: SAILING INTO SONG 2024 HOUSE CONCERTS
If you have friends you would like to add to the Sailing into Song invitation list, send name and email to: sailingintosong@gmail.com

Carla Ryder & the Blue Ribbons at Niagara Coffee Haus
2023-11-04 20:00 - 21:30 | Niagara Coffee Haus, Mills MA, 8 Exchange St, Millis, MA, United States
Carla Ryder & the Blue Ribbons at Niagara Coffee Haus
Join us for a fantastic night of live music with Carla Ryder & the Blue Ribbons!
Rock n’ roll flapper, garage serenader, front porch chanteuse and country crooner, Carla Ryder is authentic, heartfelt fun! She cut her teeth in the Boston Music scene, as lead singer of the beloved Mudhens in the late 90’s. With that band she opened for the likes of Neil Young, Beck, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jonatha Brooke, Primus, 10,000 Maniacs, Cake, Ben Folds 5, Guster , The Push Stars, Janis Ian, Bill Staines, and Jon Pussett Dart. Nominated for a Boston Music Award, the band went on to record 3 albums with LA producer extraordinaire Anthony Resta, selling over 12,000 copies and receiving airplay on national, local and AAA radio.
Fast forward to the Carla Ryder Band, she teamed up with producer, Adam Steinberg and recorded Til The End of Counting which garnered several placements in TV and Film as well as the prestigious International Songwriting Competition, Billboard Song Contest and Great American Song Contest. Legendary singer/songwriter, Bill Staines wrote of it, “Carla is one of the best young songwriters around. I was totally taken with her CD”.
After a short break welcoming the birth of her daughter and twin boys, Carla joined forces with Amy Fairchild and Andy Santospago to form Miriam, a honky-tonk swaggering, country-infused rock n’ roll group featuring dueling female voices backed up by their longtime boot-stompin’ band. After releasing their critically acclaimed album, “Scenic Two Lane” they quickly garnered a loyal following, a coveted residency, and were named Boston’s Best Americana Band in 2016.
Carla recently hit her stride when she recorded and released Unguarded Heart with Boston favorites. The Blue Ribbons in 2018. Claiming two elusive finalist spots in the International Songwriting Competition as well as the Unsigned Only Competition, this album reveals a depth of spirit and a window into the struggle and redemption of the human condition. Boston Globe critic Steve Morse, calls Carla “An aspiring rock singer who seems to get better with each appearance. Almost too versatile to categorize.”
photos by Gretjen Helene

Carla & the Ribbons will play two 40 minute sets with a 10 minute intermission.
First set: 8pm to 8:40pm. 2nd set: 8:50pm to 9:30pm
Visit her website at https://carlaryder.com

Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
2023-11-04 19:30 - 22:00 | John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, Worcester MA, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States

Linden Tree presents Don White with Rob Siegel
2023-11-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Linden Tree Concerts, Wakefield MA, 120 Chestnut St., Wakefield, MA, 01880, United States
Linden Tree Concerts presents Don White in concert,
Rob Siegel, 2022 Potpourri Winner
Nov. 4 at 7:30pm $25
The Linden Tree 39th concert series continues with the often-amusing singer-songwriter Don White on Saturday, November 4 at 7:30 pm. Opening the night is Rob Siegel, audience favorite from last year’s Winter Potpourri.
There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, a comedian, an author, and a storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and a book, Memoirs of a C Student. His latest album is Live at the Guthrie Center, available now. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Don’s approach to music is a unique blend. If he just played folk music, it would be a handy label. But he has invented his own genre with a mix of humor and powerful songwriting. White’s arc as a writer and performer has taken him from his industrial hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts, through Boston’s comedy clubs and coffeehouses, and onto stages around the country. At every point, White has been the ultimate observer, infusing his work with his experiences as a husband, a father, grandfather, a seeker, and a joker.
White has opened for Arlo Guthrie, Ritchie Havens. Louden Wainwright III, and Taj Mahal, shared a bill with David Bromberg, Janis Ian, and Lyle Lovett. White has been featured in storytelling festivals around the country including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah. Since 2015, he has joined master storytellers Bil Lepp and Bill Harley in Father’s Daze, a hilarious three-man storytelling show about the triumphs and tribulations of fatherhood. He toured North America for nine years with folk songwriting legend Christine Lavin, with whom he still plays the occasional show most recently in September.
Rob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles who describes himself as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed-out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable well-crafted songs. Rob has opened for Bill Staines, Vance Gilbert, Catie Curtis, Jack Hardy, Geoff Muldaur, and others. His 2000 debut CD Shaker Chair received airplay on the WUMB radio network, and his 2004 CD Voices from the Right Brain reached #52 on the FolkDJ ranking, which isn’t bad for a geophysicist who rarely traveled outside Massachusetts for a gig. Rob took his foot off the gigging pedal in the mid-2000s when he projected the college bills for his three kids, but now that they’re grown, he’s back. His first new CD in 14 years, A Landscape of Ghosts, was released in 2018 at a sold-out show at Club Passim and charted on FolkDJ.” Songs from his repertoire were our audience favorites naming him as Linden Tree’s Winter Potpourri Winner 2022.
Tickets will be $25, cash or check at the door. Tickets for those under 13 are $10. Reservations for preferential seating are by calling 781-246-2836 .Linden Tree Concerts are held in Wakefield UU Church 326 Main St. Wakefield, MA 01880
We thank the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Wakefield Chapter for supporting our concert series that has allowed us to bring quality programming to our community. Linden Tree also supports Fair Trade Music Local 1000. For more information see www.LindenTreeCoffeehouse.org and our Facebook page.

Wangari Fahari Trio at Me&Thee Music Friday, Nov. 3
2023-11-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States

Antje Duvekot - Album release party
2023-10-28 20:00 - 22:30 | Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin MA, 262 Chestnut St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
This is the album release party for Antje’s new album ‘New Wild West’.
“Her songs feel at once fresh faced and firmly rooted, driven by the whispery sensuality of her voice.”
-The Boston Globe
“She creates an entire, detailed world in verse, and takes you there with beautiful and understated melody.”
-Neil Dorfsman, Producer
Antje has extensive touring experience, criss-crossing the US and Europe many times. She is a compelling live performer and has been invited to play some of the top festivals including The Newport Folk Festival as well as the Mountain Stage, Philadelphia and Kerrville Festivals. Internationally, she’s headlined the The Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festival in Denmark. She’s the winner of some of the top songwriting awards, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville (TX) “Best New Folk Award” and, in one of the nation’s top music markets, the Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”, three of the top prizes in the singer songwriter world.
