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Sat.,
May 19 8PM in
Chatham
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DAVID WILCOX and SUSAN WERNER
Special Duo Concert |
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Sanctuary all-time favorites David Wilcox and
Susan Werner take a rare break from their long careers as award-winning solo
artists to join forces for this remarkable duo show.
David
Wilcox has been called "the best-known of the brilliant
crop of singer-songwriters to emerge in the late '80s" (Acoustic
Guitar). His use of open tunings to create gorgeous, inventive
accompaniments has made him a hero to a generation of guitar
aficionados. His profoundly philosophical and deeply soulful songs
have filled fourteen albums, including on the prestigious A&M and
Vanguard labels; and his honeyed tenor voice has often been compared
to that of James Taylor.

Susan
Werner is a sharp, witty songwriter who brings all the wit and
effervescence of Great American Songbook composers like George
Gershwin or Richard Rodgers to her own whimsical, offbeat
jazz-influenced songs like "If I
Wrote Cole Porter" and "Last of the Good Straight Girls."
We love that she writes sophisticated, playful songs with titles like
"Let's Regret This In Advance"... and what other folksinger
would ever have been invited by Michael Feinstein to perform at the
Carnegie Hall tribute to Irving Berlin? We also love her
deliciously smart, wise-cracking, and totally straight-from-the-heart
stage personality, reminiscent of a Cheryl Wheeler or a Paula
Poundstone.
These friends, who are two of the smartest
songwriters on the folk circuit, realized that their different styles
would create a special magic when joined together. We're looking
forward enthusiastically to this one-of-a-kind pairing.
Tickets: $25
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Sat., June
2 8PM (ice-cream social) and 9PM (concert) in
Chatham
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Year-End Ice-Cream Social, $1 CD Sale,
and Concert, featuring Treasa
Levasseur $10 (Free for Pick
Six Members) |
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Our 2011/2012 season was a joy,
including unforgettable sold-out performances by Jorma Kaukonen,
David Bromberg, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Dar Williams, POCO, Steve
Forbert and so many more. So, it's time to celebrate and to thank
our loyal audience!
The evening begins at 8PM with an over-the-top
Ice-Cream Social, featuring a buffet of ice cream flavors and
fun toppings, included in the $10 admission price. During the
ice-cream social, we will hold our very popular One Dollar CD
Sale, at which hundreds
of CDs will be sold for one dollar each. You may also bring
your own CDs to trade. After the concert, the remaining CDs
will be sold for five-for-$1!
Then, at 9PM, we are proud to host sassy, sexy
soulful singer Treasa
Levasseur and her band. Treasa is a force-of- nature
piano-playing blues/soul singer who has been called “the next
Aretha Franklin.” She will appear with her ace backing band. About
her album “Broad,” the Ottawa Sun said: “With that big blues voice,
and a sassy, sexy personality, Levasseur identifies with those
lovable old gals we used to call broads.” She features spirituals,
funk, soul, and blues in her live shows.
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Tickets: $10 (Free for Pick Six members)
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Sat.,
August 25 8PM in
Chatham
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THE KENNEDYS Kitchen
Concert |
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We kick off the new season with
The Kennedys in an
informal small-room "kitchen concert."*
Pete and Maura Kennedy have
been creating "gorgeous boy-girl harmonies and catchy tunes"
(Entertainment Weekly) since they met as members of Nanci Griffith's
band in 1992. Over those twenty years, the couple (now married), have
been remarkable in their virtuosity and their prolific creative
output. Pete and Maura's tight harmonies, their chemistry, and
their unashamedly idealistic outlook have brought them to venues
ranging from the prestigious Newport, Falcon Ridge and Kate Wolf music
festivals to the most intimate house concerts. We are catching
them on a rare break from their latest tour with Nanci. 
In addition to their ten duo albums and several
solo works, they've created the ukulele-toting swing band The
Stringbusters, featuring a ukulele version of the Rhapsody In
Blue; a Celtic-influenced sitar-driven 7-piece ensemble The
Strangelings; and a kids' record under the name The Snacks.
Their latest work is a collection of hits and unreleased songs from
their past 17 years of recording.
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*What is a Kitchen Concert? This
concert takes place in an intimate 100-seat side room at our usual
church, featuring plush padded chairs (!). You are invited to
bring pot-luck to share. (However, you are not required to bring
food to participate in the pot-luck dinner. We'll bring lots of extra!).
Tickets: $15 |
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15 8PM in
Chatham
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TOM
PAXTON with special guest
James
Keelaghan |
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"I think we are all born singing Tom Paxton songs."
- Nanci Griffith
"Toms songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find
yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a
friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they're becoming part of
America." -Pete Seeger
From the 1960's, when he would leave his army
base at Fort Dix, NJ to haunt the Village folk clubs at the height
of the Great Folk Boom, through some four decades as probably the
most widely-known folk songwriter since Woody Guthrie,
Tom Paxton has been the
beloved voice of a generation...addressing issues of injustice and
inhumanity; laying bare the absurdities of modern culture; and
celebrating the most tender bonds of family, friends and community.
He is often outspoken, often wonderfully funny, and always
accessible and warm-hearted.
Dozens of Tom's songs have become absorbed
into our oral tradition: "Ramblin' Boy," "Bottle
of Wine," "Whose Garden Was This," "The
Last Thing On My Mind," "Goin' to the Zoo,"
and "The Marvelous Toy" are just a few. He's recorded
34 albums, published 16 children's books, and had his songs covered
by hundreds of artists as diverse as Pete Seeger, Willie Nelson and
Placido Domingo. He's also a Grammy nominee and an ASCAP Lifetime
Achievement Award winner.
Special guest
James
Keelaghan has been called "Canada's finest songwriter" for
his plainspoken and beautiful story-songs, such as the classic "Cold
Missouri Waters."
Tickets: $25
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Saturday, Sept.
22, 8PM in Chatham
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KARLA BONOFF with special guest
David Olney |
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"Songs of soul-searching, heartache and joy." -Billboard
Magazine
The songs of Karla Bonoff
have defined a generation. Even if you don't know that she wrote
them, you will immediately
recognize them.
As Billboard said after her career-retrospective album All
My Life was released on Sony Records, "Long before Alanis
and Jewel, there was a breed of singer/songwriters whose
earthy anthems of soul-searching, heartache, and joy touched
souls in a way few can muster today."
Her songs became known first through the
singing of Linda Ronstadt, who covered three of Karla's songs on her
1976 album Hasten Down The Wind. Other of her songs
became known worldwide through the singing of Bonnie Raitt and many
others, and as part of the soundtracks of movies like Footloose
and About Last Night... Her legions of fans, however,
believe no one sings Karla Bonoff like Karla Bonoff.
Karla's special guest is the master
Americana songwriter David
Olney, whose "moving, ferocious, mystical, mesmerizing,
brutal and tender" story-songs earn him comparisons to Tom Waits and
whose "exuberant" stage shows have been described as "part Baptist
preacher, part caustic comedian, and part existential bluesman."
Tickets: $25 |
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