Poets at Large This month we will feature poets Wendy Haller and Catherine DeNunzio. Haller, a Rhode Island native, released her first book of poems last year and is a former preschool special education teacher with two published children’s books. Her poems center on family dynamics and individual growth. Connecticut’s DeNunzio has one volume of […]
After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available for most songs. They […]
Husband and wife folk duo Oakes & Smith creates an ethereal sound not often heard in today’s popular music. Katherine and Robert evoke a soulful sense of wonder, expressing themes of love, creativity, mystery, and an appreciation of natural beauty. Said Kylee Colvin of The Levity Ball, “Oakes & Smith…bring a sense of calm an […]
Poets at Large March 23 the Poets at Large show will feature well-known Worcester poet Tony Brown. Tony Brown has been writing for well over 50 years, and publishing and performing his work for over 40. A seven-time Pushcart Prize and two-time Best Of The Net nominee, he is also the winner of the 2022 […]
Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers have been weaving their voices, dulcimers, and guitars together for decades, creating an atmosphere of joy and musical lushness that audiences find so irresistible, they frequently join right in. Starting with their soaring harmonies - "blood harmony" was how one fan described it - fascinating […]
After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available for most songs. They […]
Poets at Large Lee Desrosiers (they/them) is a native New Yorker who moved north to hear the crickets and has lived in western Massachusetts and New England for the last 30+ years. Lee is currently working on two books simultaneously. Their latest poetry book is Keeping Planes in the Air (Salmon Poetry 2020). Followed by an […]
Although Geoff Kaufman is best known to a lot of people for his 35 years of singing and organizing maritime music at Mystic Seaport Museum in CT, he has always maintained an active touring schedule featuring music from such formative influences as singers and songwriters from the “folk scare” of the 60s (Tom Paxton, Joan […]
Sing: After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available for most songs. […]
Andrew McKnight Since permanently leaving his corporate environmental engineering career in 1996, award-winning folk and Americana artist Andrew McKnight's musical journey has traced nearly a million miles of blue highways, and earned him a wealth of critical acclaim and enthusiastic fans for his captivating performances and ten recordings. The singer/songwriter, guitarist and storytender's latest solo project Treasures […]
Poets at Large Tommy Twilite is a Massachusetts troubadour who combines music, poetry, exploration and adventure into his performances. He is the co-founder and director of the Florence Poets Society and the host of the Twilite Poetry Pub on WXOJ Valley Free Radio. His latest chapbook, “Kills No Bird” is a follow up to his […]
Garnet Rogers In a darkened bedroom, lit only by the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay in their beds, listening to the country music broadcasts from the Grand Ol’ Opry, and practiced their harmonies. Two years later, the youngest one was playing the definitive 8-year-old’s […]
