Ronnee has been performing in clubs and coffeehouses throughout the southern New England area, playing "ClassicRock" covers and originals, including those from her self-produced CD,“Spirit of the Heart”. Ronnee's upbeat “acoustic-rock” style and choice of material never fail to draw her audiences' praise and applause.
Dear Friend, I'd like to share a story with you... ...about a girl. The youngest of six children, “the baby”, she spent summers barefoot and picking raspberries. During the winter she listened to the crackling fireplace while warming cold fingers after hours in the snow. She learned delight and appreciation. This girl was spritely and filled with joy. She was loving and always wanted to please those around her. She trusted quickly and forgave easily. Childhood was abundant. It also came with har...
Tonight! Catherine Swan is on the podcast at 7pm. Listen in! I am originally from Dublin Ireland, currently living in Lowell Ma with my childhood sweetheart "Swanney" who I reconnected with after 30 years and married just 4 years ago. It wasn't until I moved to the US that I started playing out at open mics initially and eventually playing in pubs and gigging all over Lowell and surrounding towns with my band "Oskersfault" that I formed through meeting other musicians at Pinata's in Tewksbury MA...
Chris Steele is a Massachusetts-based songwriter, singer, and rock musician. Depending on the day, Chris might be solo with an acoustic guitar in Edmonton, Alberta, jamming out with friends at a pizza joint in Newton, livestreaming online, or putting down new rock tracks in the studio. My music comes from a love of classic rock, influenced by 90’s grunge and post-grunge, and then filtered through the mind of a poet who travels too much. https://chrissteeleband.com...
Doug Farrell is a Songwriter from Southern New Hampshire who's been described as John Prine meets John Gorka. he’s been featured on NHPR’s Folk Show ,winner of several New England Songwiting contests. He has a CD out called Spirit Man, and also 2 CDs with Decatur Creek . http://www.dougfarrellmusic.com
A brief Biography of Jay Singing Spirit Cunningham written by Jay: I started playing guitar at 15 years of age and I am self taught not until later on in life did I start performing at various coffee houses and pubs both at open mics and gigging out and also busking for tips I have been with my classic rock band the CRS Project for 20 years or so and actually started playing with some of these musicians 48years ago as a garage band that never did much I was lead singer at the time and only playe...
Pam Steinfeld singer/songwriter/guitarist/ piano-player. A Massachusetts-based musician, Pam has over 20 songwriting awards to her credit (6 awarded by the Billboard Magazine Song Contest). She writes upbeat, rhythmic tunes as well as soulful ballads. Pam’s debut CD, "Open Hands," features eleven originals and a cover version of John Gorka's song "Love Is Our Cross To Bear." Co-produced by Pam and WAMA "Producer of the Year" Marco Delmar, "Open Hands" also features the talents of Jon Carroll, Ro...
Jason Campbell was born in Billerica, MA and has spent his life in New England. He has a degree in Illustration and is self-employed as a Typographic Designer. He also paints, draws pencil portraits and publishes web cartoons. He has been a blues enthusiast for decades, some of his favorite artists are Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Charlie Musselwhite and Guy Davis. When not listening to other blues artists he plays harmonica and sings at area Open Mics and Open Blues Jams. In whatever free tim...
Lori Fassman moved to the Boston area from Connecticut in the late 1980s, armed with a math degree, and immediately became enchanted with the local folk music scene. She joined and later became a core volunteer for the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (fssgb.org), helping to organize their concert series, singing parties and annual Fall Getaway Weekend. Lori has sung with numerous local performing groups including The Simones (named after her late cat), Acton Music Project, and Sisters in Son...
“Tamara Hey’s soaring voice has charmed and captivated audiences throughout her native New York for over a decade. She writes meticulously detailed, magically crystallized three-minute pop songs which, just like her vocals, are disarmingly deep. She’s also one of the great wits in music: an edgy sense of humor spices Hey’s narratives and character studies, even in the gloomiest moments. And her punchlines have O. Henry irony and Amy Rigby bittersweetness. The title of Hey’s album Miserably Happy...
Cantor Vera Broekhuysen has served as cantor at Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill, Massachusetts, since June of 2016 and is delighted to begin serving the Temple as its spiritual leader in July of 2018. As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and drum into the classroom to infuse Hebrew language learning with music. Cantor Broekhuysen is also passionate about the beauty and vocal connectivity of early music and folksong and brings her experiences with Village Harmony (Vermont, international ...
Danno Sullivan - Ukulele teacher, musician, actor, writer and all around performer.
My work as a writer tends to be mostly essay driven. My first full length book is a memoir titled "This is why you know me." I'm a professional stand-up comedian of five years. I also cohost the radio program, Poptarts in my VCR every Tuesday on 91.5 WUML. It can also be streamed on wuml.org. In addition, I co-host a Podcast, "One-hour Parking" based out of northern Massachusetts.
Haverhill raised musician, writing under BEDS the solo project and Motel Art, with inspirations from movie scores like Eternal Sunshine and bands Minus the Bear and the Front Bottoms. Ben works in the mental health field. When not working or performing, Ben runs a diy music/artist collaboration Let’s Get Weird as well as the podcast One Hour Parking with cohost Maxwell Shultz. The podcast interviews local artists/musicians.
Annie Patterson & Peter Blood developed and edited Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook, published by Sing Out Publications in 1988 and their sequel second songbook Rise Again published by Hal Leonard in 2015. They have led hundreds of singalong concerts and workshops across North America, New Zealand and the UK. Patterson is an accomplished folk performer, recording artist and jazz vocalist. She was the art director of Rise Up Singing and was producer and primary vocalist for the Ris...
Rob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed- out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable, intelligent, well-crafted songs.
LIZ BILLS A vocal powerhouse, a dynamic songwriter and an empowering force who bares her heart for the world to see. Known for her entrancing high energy performances and emotionally charged power vocals, vulnerable and passionate in her songwriting and stage presence; Liz openly discusses mental health, female empowerment and many other sensitive topics that so desperately need to be explored. Highlights have included winning Roots Act of The Year in 2019 and ‘Rock Act of the Year in 2018 for t...
Alexandru Sabau is a Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter from Haverhill, Mass. His debut full length 'In between the Standing Trees' was recorded at BB3 Studios in Newton,NH. and self-released in 2014. He has been on several Road Trip tours, playing in cafes, bars and sidewalks to anyone who would listen, though at times, it was just the crickets. Currently he writes and performs with a local Punk Band called The Grubs, and performs his folk songs in the Local open-mic circuit. Future plans include rel...
Performing a unique blend of jazz, folk, rock and blues, Beverly-based, rootsy, rockin & blue, Bob Kramer delivers high-spirited and enthusiastic performances every time he performs. His lively sets are packed with songs for any age and range from the Blues of the Delta to the classic Jazz of the streets to his own tasty originals. Bob is a seasoned performer and multi-instrumentalist whose love for the Delta and Piedmont styles resonates through his energetic playing and his rootsy singing....
May Ave. was a long-term project that began on a Boston commuter boat in 2003. Bill Barton (A.R. West Studios/Billy and the Goats) listened to Gillespie discuss music, subsequently challenging him to write a bunch of songs that he offered to record in exchange for beer. This beer-inspired offer could do little else than garner a country-influenced record. Gillespie went to work writing songs and Barton began to artfully (well, sort of anyway) record. In the studio, the two shared common philosop...
"a sizzling blend of Americana, folk, rock, roots, reggae, and everything in between, that will get your toes tappin', your head noddin' up and down, your mouth singin', your brain thinkin' and maybe even get you dancin' in the aisles!" Ask Kenny Selcer why it is that he plays music, and he's likely to respond as though he was on stage. Without missing a beat, he becomes electric. He speaks of defying categories, breaking down barriers and fusing idioms and cultures. Of his live performances (wh...
Born in suburban Massachusetts, Kim has been singing since the ripe old age of 5. The oldest of eight children in an Irish Catholic family in the Boston suburbs, Kim grew up listening to the music of Clancy Brothers, Jim Croce, and James Taylor. “I didn’t know it back then, but traditional Irish music and the 1970s singer-songwriters got deep into my heart, and now influence me in ways I never realized,” says Kim of her musical influences. After teaching herself to play piano while in middle sch...
Julia Mark’s endearing warmth and charm has quickly made her a favorite in the Boston music scene and beyond. As a singer-songwriter and pianist, she carefully balances wordplay, wit, and the weight of being human. With the soft-easy vocal of Suzanne Vega and the songwriting penchant of Carole King, Julia Mark regales listeners with tales of life on the moon, heartbreak on Earth, childhood homes, and palindromes. Julia Mark was a 2016 Iguana Music Fund grantee, spurring the creation of her first...
Tom Smith’s songs are in turns humorous, touching, thought provoking, and inspiring. Deeply rooted in the old-school folk tradition, his timeless stories are told with a voice that is honest and sincere with melodies that you will remember forever. In the words of noted WUMB-FM Boston radio DJ, Dave Palmeter – “Contrary to what a lot of people think, folk music is still a living tradition. It’s a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, people’s needs, people’s stru...
6:00pm, Sunday March 15, The Hearing Room (Aaron Tornberg) and I will be doing a live podcast. I'll do the whole album, with John Loretz and Joshua Larrabee accompanying me. Tune in to https://www.hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast for this special live podcast.
Jan Luby is known for her engaging, often riveting stage presence as well as her voice full of passion, range and power. Her songs are evocative, lyrical and infectious personal stories. Her approach to songwriting ranges from socially relevant to irreverent, heartbreaking to humorous. Jan was voted Female Vocalist 2011, and nominated for Singer-Songwriter 2012 in Rhode Island's Motif Magazine, was a finalist in the Boston Acoustic Underground Series, and finalist in the 2017 Rhode Island Songwr...
Chuck Williams has been appearing throughout New England and in recent years has gone coast to coast with his music. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Chuck has lived most of his adult life in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, moving to the Buzzards Bay shoreline in 2002. He has been traveling to coffeehouses, performing arts centers and festivals sowing seeds of his songs along the way. Chuck’s approach is typically relaxed, at times sentimental and always confident. He is not a folk artist with ...
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow CountryBreakout charting songwriter of AMERICAN ROOTS music. His latest album, Dust Bowl - American Stories spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10. The "Bible" of American Roots music, NO DEPRESSION magazine, raved: “… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”. Grant made his Carnegie Hall in 2018 and ...
JOHN FERULLO I have been playing my own songs and other's folk and acoustic music in coffee houses, restaurants, festivals, bars and anywhere else for about ten years. I also run an open stages in the area where I get to meet many wonderful musicians. My music is influenced by Woody Guthrie, Bill Morrissey, Steve Goodman, Greg Brown, John Hurt and others. I play solo and sometimes in a duo called "Two Cat Folk" with the talented Betsi Mandrioli. I have a solo CD and one in process and also a CD ...
Tim Foley is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist whose sound doesn't settle easily into a descriptive box. You'll hear an amalgamation of musical styles he has gravitated towards, which include blues, jazz, folk, classical, and funk. Tim lived in New Orleans for a number of years, and his music is heavily influenced by the city’s tradition of musical experimentation. His songs, both instrumental and with vocals, range from upbeat foot stompers to relaxing melodic soundscapes. If you find Tim F...
