Tinmouth Old Firehouse Stage Concerts: Spring
2008
Tinmouth’s Old Firehouse Stage will present a
series of exciting live music concerts this spring and early summer. All
concerts start at
April 4
Spencer Lewis and Rosemary Phelan a
special ‘two-for-one’ concert featuring
Lewis is an acoustic guitar instrumentalist,
fiddler/violinist with a 16 CD catalog. His signature sound combines his
inimitable cross-flat picking guitar style and the sustained elegance of the
violin. Rosemary Phelan’s songs reflect the shifting landscapes of life’s stories
with an uncommon depth of practical wisdom and quiet humor.
April 19 (Saturday not Friday) Casey Neill. Folk musician Casey Neill
will perform a live, un-plugged, all acoustic show. Casey Neill has earned himself a large
multi-generational following and a reputation for sharp songwriting and emotive
performances. He has created a unique sound fusing country, punk, folk,
traditional Irish, and bluegrass, with an indie rock
sensibility. Casey
Neill is at once, musician , writer, musicologist and student and he does his
homework. Live performance may well be the best introduction to Casey…. There's
the palpable tension of an audience on the edge of their seats and the release
of the transition from jig to reel. These are songs with stories well told. This
is what it's all about." -
Steve Earle
May 2 Coleman’s Well. Colman's
Well is Nils Fredland,
Rachel Gordon, and Brendan Taaffe. Bringing together their love of
harmony, they sing an eclectic blend of (mostly) a cappella songs, ranging from
the Stanley Brothers and the Sacred Harp to Fiona Apple and Monkey Puzzle
(though, admittedly, they lean more towards the front half of that equation).
The three first sang together in Ireland last summer, performing in front
of a sold-out crowd in Westport, Co. Mayo and have since gone from
strength to strength, pulling from the bluegrass canon, the stark power of
shape note music, and contemporary folk to deliver songs with verve and
delight. Reveling in tight and unaccompanied
harmony, the trio does bring some instrumentation into play, with Brendan on
guitar, mbira and ukulele and Nils
on trombone.
Their range is
impressive—in their sound, their choice of songs, and in their
instrumentation. Their songs move from
soft to sweet to strident, touching the depths of heart and soul along the way.
May 16 Jenni Johnson and her
band. Jenni is a
local jazz musician from the
"Jenni's rich brand of
jazz is the perfect antidote to the northern
Jim White
June 6 Sky Blue Boys
Banjo Dan and Willy,
co-founders of the popular bluegrass group Banjo Dan and the
Mid-nite
Plowboys, offer up a program of acoustic American music hearkening back to
the days before electric
instruments and before the emergence of bluegrass, swing and
honkytonk bands. Accompanying
their songs on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and autoharp,
they include original
material along with the old numbers, throwing in a little country
comedy along the way. A popular segment of the typical Sky Blue
Boys show is the simulated old-time early-morning radio broadcast, complete with
theme music, ads and dedications.
Banjo Dan and Willy have carved out a unique place in
June 20
The Two Man Gentlemen Band. -
Free kazoos, impeccably
tailored outfits, rowdy sing-alongs, furious banjo
strumming, and a set full of quirky, clever, sometimes-naughty original
tunes. That’s The Two Man Gentlemen
Band’s formula for a good, old-fashioned musical spectacle.
Playing gloriously retro
string music that draws on everything from Dixieland jazz, Vaudevillian swing,
ragtime, and rural hokum blues, the gentlemen are slowly making their way
around the country, spreading their sunny dispositions and anachronistic gospel
of kindness and good humor everywhere they go.” -Jim Reed, Connect
“One of the most entertaining shows I’ve ever seen
and most certainly the funniest! I was
in stitches all
night long!”
–Matt Morelock, WDVX-FM,
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