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Saturday February 23 8:00pm - 10:00pm EST

Kirsten Maxwell / Kim Moberg, split bill, Feb. 23, 2019

Based on Long Island, Kirsten Maxwell has made great strides since diving head first into her career. She first stepped onto the stage at age 5 at a small opera house in NYC. Kirsten would perform there up until High School where her focus shifted to musical theater. Simultaneously, she started learning guitar and writing her own songs. Kirsten graduated from College in 2014 with a degree in Creative Writing and the passion to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter full time. Today, Kirsten is often compared to Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. “I never thought I’d ever hear a voice as angelic and mesmerizing as I did when I first started listening to Joan Baez some 50 years ago, but then I heard the voice, the songs and melodies of Kirsten Maxwell,” says Jon Stein, host of Hootenanny Café on WTBQ. However, Kirsten’s appeal goes well-beyond her vocal abilities. She gives everything to her live performances and has been described as “making love to the audience”. Although her self-taught guitar chops are minimal, she plays with such delicacy and taste that the guitar seems to be extension of her body. Her delivery creates a level of intimacy that welcomes new audiences in like old friends. With a quick wit and commanding stage presence, Kirsten gives the impression of being more accomplished than her 25 years. In April 2015, she independently released her debut album, Crimson. It has been met with great success and fans await her highly anticipated EP, to be released this Spring. 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. At the age of 14, Kim began playing acoustic guitar on a borrowed nylon 6 string, earning lessons by typing lyric and chord sheets for students who were taking guitar lessons from her mother. A few years later, she purchased a Gibson Epiphone guitar and taught herself to strum and finger pick to her favorite music by the singer/songwriters of the 1970’s, but debilitating stage fright kept her from pursuing her own dream of becoming a professional performer. In 2014, after a hiatus from music to raise her two daughters with her husband, Kim set out to overcome her stage fright at local open mics and fundraisers. Kim’s debut CD entitled “Above Ground”, celebrates the achievement of her goal to bring her music out of the basement and “Above Ground”. “Above Ground”, produced by Grammy nominated producer Jon Evans, was released worldwide in September 2017.

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Saturday March 23 8:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

The Meadows Brothers, March 23, 2019

“Singing guitarists Ian and Dustin Meadows prove that roots music is an unending resource turning influences into an engagingly twangy sibling sound all their own.” - The Boston Globe “Blending folk and country with a blues edge the brothers Meadows pack a powerful punch for being just two dudes armed with only a couple acoustic guitars and a harmonica. But their harmonies are the type of stuff only siblings can usually muster and their songs smack of souls much older than their earthly years would let on.” - Chip McCabe Hailing from the Connecticut River Valley of New England The Meadows Brothers (Ian and Dustin) have been making music together for more than a decade. The countless hours spent singing and playing together eventually resulted in concocting their unique blend of stripped down Rock n’ Roll Country Blues and Folk music combined with honest songwriting distilled through the brothers life experience and ever-changing outlook. Since taking the stage as “The Meadows Brothers” in 2012 while both were still in High School Ian and Dustin have logged tens of thousands of road miles written a pile of songs recorded a few albums met a lot of interesting people and had a lot of fun every step of the way. Dustin says “There aren’t too many things that beat getting to travel around and play music with your brother. We do it because we absolutely love it. The fact that people connect with the songs just makes it better.” Keeping it simple continuously improving their craft and not taking themselves too seriously are major tenets of the brothers code. Their parents taught them a love for music of all genres and they always try to keep the diversity gleaned from this informal musical education a part of their work. “We’re influenced by all the giants of American Roots music but we’re not a traditional band.” says older brother Ian. “We’re all about finding the right vehicle for the song and that can take a lot of different stylistic turns even within the realm of folk music.” The brothers released their third studio album “Truth” in the fall of 2017. Recorded in Holyoke MA at Ghost Hit Recording with producer and engineer Andrew Oedel the album represents the culmination of a few years of weeding through notebooks full of songs and road-testing each one. The brothers also implemented their “jack of all trades” musicianship featuring them on acoustic and electric guitars bass drums and percussion keyboards and harmonica. “There’s not a note we didn’t play on this record and I think we’re both proud of that.” says Ian. “We could’ve hired a killer band and just tracked the songs that way but we wanted it to be a true Meadows Brothers album from the songwriting all the way down to the music even if it was a little more of a challenge.” Sticking to their DIY ethic the album was released on the brothers own label Side Porch Records. 2018 will find the Meadows Brothers keeping the wheels rollin’. “We’ll be driving around playing shows writing songs seeing the sights and working on another record. What else would we be doing?”

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Saturday April 13 8:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

The Kennedys, April 13, 2019, 30th anniversary show!

Pete and Maura Kennedy both East Coast natives met in Austin Texas joined forces with Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra for a couple of years and set out on a road that for two decades has led them not only west but all over the US and the UK many times. This year th......More

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Saturday May 18 8:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

April Verch / Performing Songwriter Competition, May 18, 2019

Fiddler singer and stepdancer April Verch knows how relevant an old tune can be. She was raised surrounded by living breathing roots music—her father’s country band rehearsing the lively music at church and at community dances the tunes she rocked out to win fiddle competitions. She thought every little girl learned to stepdance at the age of three and fiddle at the age of six. She knew nothing else and decided early on that she wanted to be a professional musician. Plus the Finals of our Performing Songwriter Competition! She took that leap and for over two decades has been recording and captivating audiences worldwide exploring new and nuanced places each step of the way. On February 17 2017 she will release The April Verch Anthology (Slab Town Records) an 18-track collection celebrating her life’s work. Hand-picked by Verch the songs on this compilation offer an enchanting mix of regional Canadian American old-time bluegrass country and Americana tracks. The April Verch Anthology is a testament to the many chapters in Verch’s musical journey. Moving from exuberant stepdancer to fiddle wunderkind and silver-voiced singer from upstart prodigy to mature and reflective songwriter interpreter and storyteller. The compilation is an excursion through Verch’s 1998-2015 recordings featuring tunes and songs dear to Verch as well as a healthy dose of fan favorites and two newly recorded tracks. “Through this anthology I am reminded of the inspirations with which I began and of the hopes I hold for the future. I take a moment to reflect and to dsc_3610celebrate ” says Verch. While Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley Canada her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and far beyond for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds. Verch and her fellow trio members pare down their arrangements highlighting the simple pleasures of upright bass guitar clawhammer banjo voices fiddle and stepping in intimate conversation. At the heart lie Verch’s delicate voice energetic footwork and stunning playing. Sometimes she sings steps and fiddles all at once with apparent ease and precision. Verch is – as they say – a triple threat in performance her live show a beautiful companion to her music: versatile robust and masterfully executed. Verch began her full time touring career in 2000 and has performed around the world including festival theatre and performing arts centre appearances in Canada USA China Australia United Kingdom Belgium Sweden Denmark Finland Norway Germany Switzerland Austria France Spain Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates. She also presents workshops master classes and lectures as part of her tours and at selected music camps. Verch won’t be the one to tell you about her championship titles nominations and awards or the fact that she was one of 6 fiddlers who represented the Canadian fiddle tradition to the world at the 2010 Olympic Wintdsc_3530er Games in Vancouver as part of a segment called “Fiddle Nation”. Instead in speaking with her you’ll hear about how passionate she is about sharing her music in small gatherings in remote communities in Iqaluit to large prestigious concert halls like Mozartsal in Vienna. Even as she plays with the tradition she inherited Verch keeps the community-fired celebratory side of her music at the forefront honing a keen awareness of how to engage contemporary listeners. It’s why Rolling Stone cited her “One of the 12 best things we saw at MerleFest in 2016.” “Just as contemporary bluegrass has Alison Krauss as an ambassador the Ottawa Valley has April Verch ” said NPR’s Marco Werman on “The World.” And Verch never forgets the roots of her music that connection to the people out there in the audience on the dance floor to the community sparked by a good song. “It’s about joining together to celebrate everyday life through music. We’re all in this together.”

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Kirsten Maxwell / Kim Moberg, split bill, Feb. 23, 2019

The Meadows Brothers, March 23, 2019

The Kennedys, April 13, 2019, 30th anniversary show!

April Verch / Performing Songwriter Competition, May 18, 2019

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Kirsten Maxwell / Kim Moberg, split bill, Feb. 23, 2019

The Meadows Brothers, March 23, 2019

The Kennedys, April 13, 2019, 30th anniversary show!

April Verch / Performing Songwriter Competition, May 18, 2019

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Pelham Jewish Center

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