Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt Celebrate the love and power of music with Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt. Heart-opening harmony and musical chemistry like no other, Sally and Claudia continue to win over the folk community with their double dulcimer work and shared joy of performing. They have been weaving their voices, dulcimers, and guitars […]
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, writer, guitarist and storyteller usually […]
Come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for this lively Celtic Music Session. This free event welcomes players, singers, and music lovers of all levels to celebrate Celtic music tradition. Each month features a unique Celtic theme and a special featured set. Come […]
Poets at Large Performing on this date will be poet Frederick Douglass Knowles II and avant garde poet-musicians Aeroelastic Flutter. Knowles is a Hartford Poet Laureate Emeritus, an English Professor at CT State Community College and author of BlackRoseCity (Author House 2011). He is the recipient of The Nutmeg Poetry Award, a Connecticut of the […]
REDCOATS, REBELS, AND REVRIE! TAVERN NIGHT AT VANILLA BEAN CAFÉ A Kick-off and Grand Huzzah for the Revolutionary Pomfret Reenactment and Living History Event Meet some of the reenactors, sample some local ales, enjoy a special tavern night menu besides the regular VBC menu items, and enjoy a concert featuring Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle […]
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 […]
Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards Little by little, you will get to know Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards through their unmistakable vocal harmonies, poetic lyrics and down-to-earth personae. These prolific songwriters from central Massachusetts have recorded four eponymous studio albums in addition to thirteen live releases, touring regularly across the US and Canada. Their song […]
Come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for this lively Celtic Music Session. This free event welcomes players, singers, and music lovers of all levels to celebrate Celtic music tradition. Each month features a unique Celtic theme and a special featured set. Come […]
Sharon Arsego & John L. Stanizzi Arsego is from Bristol where she works as a senior administrative assistant for the city. She has three published collections including Scenes and Sonnets, an ekphrastic collaboration with Massachusetts photographer Wendy Tobin. Arsego is an active participant in various arts and culture communities, has been a featured spoken word […]
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters Amy Gallatin, born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, lived in several states before settling in the West, where she was raised. During her ten years in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and the California Sierras, she had had the good fortune of being able to work at two of her loves in life: horses […]
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. […]
Ellis Paul Ellis Paul doesn’t just write songs; he’s a guitar-carrying reporter who covers the human condition and details the hopes, loves, losses of those he observes, turning their stories into luminous pieces of music that get under your skin and into your bloodstream. And much like the artists who have influenced him, everyone from […]