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The holidays are over but not the music
January 7th, 2011
In 2011 we not only will provide information about weekend concerts and events in New England but add selections occurring during mid-week as well. Here is the first edition with that format.
Friday, 1/7
Vincent Segal is a cellist from France. Ballake Sissoko is from the West African country of Mali and plays a native stringed instrument called the kora. Together they provide chamber music that is uniquely introspective. You may catch them at 8PM in the First Church near Cambridge’s Harvard Square.
Le Vent du Nord is a folk group from the Canadian province of Quebec. They have an 8PM start at One Longfellow Square up in Portland.
Blues tinged folk music is in store for those who catch Greg Brown at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT beginning at 8PM.
Jan. 7 links: www.firstchurchcambridge.org, www.onelongfellowsquare.com, www.infinityhall.com.
Friday, 1/7 and Saturday, 1/8
The Maxwell and Ruth Belding Theater within the Bushnell PAC is home for the Hartford Symphony. They feature Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in back-to-back concerts both starting at 8PM.
They’ll be plenty of foot-stomping at the Katharine Hepburn Theater in Old Saybrook, CT this weekend. The bluegrass band NewFound Road is in on Friday and Jeffrey Brousard & the Creole Cowboys will follow the next night with some spirited zydeco. Both shows start at 8PM.
Classical folk artist Vienna Teng also has two 8PM appearances. The first is at the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Jct., Vermont while on Saturday she will perform at the Center for the Arts in Natick, MA.
Jane Monheit performs four times at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. Show times are at 8PM and 10PM both nights.
Blues/rock legend Johnny Winter appears in the Wolf Den at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Friday at 8PM. At the same time and same place on Saturday, Little Anthony & The Imperials returns after many previous appearances over the years.
Jan 7 & 8 links: www.bushnell.org, www.katharinehepburntheater.org, www.tupelohallvermont.com, www.natickarts.org, www.scullersjazz.com, www.mohegansun.com.
Saturday, 1/8
Folk music is on tap at Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA as Liz Longley opens for Seth Glier at 7PM.
Rachael Sage opens for pop rock artist Marshall Crenshaw at the Narrows Center in Fall River at 8PM.
Meg Hutchinson and Heather Maloney perform at Stone Soup Coffeehouse in Pawtucket, RI beginning at 8PM.
Folk music is also on the menu at the Vanilla Bean Café in Pomfret, CT where you can catch Chris Smither at 8PM.
The Copley Chamber Players appear at the Goff Memorial Hall in Rehoboth, MA at 7:30PM.
Jan. 8 links: www.iheg.com, www.ncfta.org, www.stonesoupcoffeehouse.com, www.thevanillabeancafe.com, www.carpentermuseum.arts.htm.
Sunday, 1/9
The Lefthand Canyon Trio brings chamber music to the First Congregational Church in Blue Hill, ME beginning at 3PM.
Tom Rush brings his brand of folk and R&B to the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport at 3PM and again at 7PM.
It’s a night of folk music at Club Passim in Cambridge as Anna Coogan opens for Carolann Solebello at 8PM.
Jan. 9 links: www.bluehillconcerts.org, www.firehouse.org, www.clubpassim.org.
Monday, 1/10 thru Thursday, 1/13
On Monday at The Red Door Lounge in Portsmouth, NH the folk/indie rock group Arborea is the featured act. Allysen Callery opens at 8PM.
Cabaret performer Paul Champlin appears Wednesday at 7:30PM at the Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham.
Oldies enthusiasts may want to catch The Lovin’ Spoonful on Thursday at 8PM at Showcase Live in the Patriots Place complex in Foxboro.
Also on Thursday at 8PM, Rebecca Pronsky opens for Steve Forbert in a folk concert at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT.
Jan. 10 thru 13 links: www.reddoorportsmouth.com, www.amazingthings.org, www.showcaselive.com, www.infinityhall.com. Continue reading on Examiner.com: The holidays are over but not the music - Boston Active Seniors Travel | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/active-seniors-travel-in-boston/the-holidays-are-over-but-not-the-music#ixzz1BJLEaR6l 01/07/11 >> go there
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