Stone Soup Coffeehouse

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 […]

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. […]

Hosted by Beth Barron. Allysen Callery is an internationally touring musician from Bristol, Rhode Island. A self-taught artist, she draws comparisons to Sandy Denny & Nick Drake. Winner of Favorite Folk Act in RI 2023, and 2022 for Motif magazine. Providence-based singer/songwriter Jane Hesser (a.k.a. Ground Weather) plays a gritty combination of soul-inspired indie and […]

Beth Barron is the founder of RI event, “Ladies of Folk.” “Beth’s voice is smooth as silk with just the right amount of edge as she presents her original material during her solo acoustic guitar performances. Beth’s original songs are easy on the ears and plentiful on the mind.” Beth was also honored with Motif […]

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 […]

Pete and Maura Kennedy have been making beautiful music together for over 30 years, and touring nationally and internationally for almost as long. They have played Stone Soup Coffeehouse many times and have always been a fan favorite of our Rhode Island folk community. Maura’s lovely voice and Pete’s awesome fingerwork on guitar, ukulele, mandolin […]