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SUMMARY:Kingston Chapter: Anne Marie Menta
DESCRIPTION:The Kingston Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild welcomes you to our\n2023-2024 Coffeehouse Series\non Saturday\, May 4\, 2024\nat the Unitarian Fellowship\, 320 Sawkill Rd.\, Kingston.\n\nOur featured performer is Anne Marie Menta.\n\n  \nANNE MARIE MENTA\nAnne Marie Menta hails from Hamden\, CT\, USA\, where she has been writing songs since she was a\nteenager. As a long-time favorite singer/songwriter\, she has released four albums\, including her most\nrecent recording Sky Tonight in 2020.\nAnne Marie has been a featured performer at the CT Folk Festival in New Haven\, CT\, coffeehouses and\nclubs\, as well as opening for major artists. She was a finalist in the 2004 South Florida Folk Festival\nSinger/Songwriter competition\, and a showcase artist at NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance.)\nHer tunes are moving song memoirs where autobiography meets storytelling\, the personal meets the\nuniversal\, childhood haunts adulthood\, love meets loneliness\, and friends and family embrace love.\nAnne Marie performs solo\, or as part of an acoustic duo or trio. Her tunes range stylistically from\ncontemporary folk to Americana\, country\, and acoustic pop. \n“Sky Tonight…. Anne Marie crafts these exquisite songs directly from the heart\, with truthful lyrics and\nunforgettable melodies that reach out and wrap their loving arms around you. A must listen! “– Sloan\nWainwright\n“There’s something about music that entwines it with our memories. And in Anne Marie Menta’s most\nrecent release\, “Sky Tonight\,” memories pervade the music. This memory-music nexus is made all the\nmore powerful when the songs are as crisp\, catchy\, and well-produced as the ones on “Sky Tonight.”\nAnne Marie Menta has a natural facility with melody and a clean\, engaging voice. ” – Hank Hoffman \nwww.annemariementa.com \nhttps://youtu.be/vNHyilfZkrc Compilation live video of Sky Tonight tunes\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ammenta \nContact:\nannemariementa@gmail.com\n203-764-0052 \n\n\nOPEN MIC\n \nOpen mic performances will be available for all.\nSignup begins at 7pm and open mic begins at 7:30pm.\nThe featured performance is expected to begin at approximately 8:30. \nCost of admission for this event is $7 ($6 for Folk Guild members and seniors) \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/event/kingston-chapter-anne-marie-menta/
LOCATION:Unitarian Fellowship\, Kingston\, 320 Sawkill Road\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kingston Chapter
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SUMMARY:Rock Tavern Chapter:  The Whispering Tree
DESCRIPTION:The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild is pleased to be featuring The Whispering Tree on May 11\, 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\n~~~~~\n\nCalled “one of the most talented duos to take stage in NYC” by Deli Magazine\, The Whispering Tree are singer/songwriter El Kleiner and multi-instrumentalist Elie Brangbour. Together\, they craft richly immersive folk-rock brimming with evocative lyrics and a panoramic musicality. \nInvisible Forces\, the fourth recording by the fiercely independent twosome\, debuted at #1 on the International Folk DJ charts\, with four songs in the top 20. The album was self-produced\, fan-funded and recorded at El and Elie’s home studio in Beacon\, NY and at Old Soul Studio in Catskill\, NY and explores a deeply personal and political landscape\, with themes of hope\, despair and social consciousness. \nSince its 2007 inception\, The Whispering Tree has issued two albums and two EPs\, and toured nationally and internationally. The duo has also earned prime critical acclaim from The Big Takeover Magazine and Keyboard Magazine\, among others. Other marquee career moments include being Kerrville New Folk finalists; Philadelphia Songwriter’s Project winners; and El and Elie having the honor to lend their voices to Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt’s album\, A More Perfect Union. \nEl and Elie are currently working on their next album\, slated for release in 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n~~~~~\n\nOpen mic performances will be available to all. Cost of admission for this event is $7 ($6 for Folk Guild members and seniors).  Signup begins at 7 and open mic begins at 7:30.  The featured performance is expected to begin at approximately 8:30. \nThe Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern is located in the Town of New Windsor at 9 Vance Road\, Rock Tavern\, NY\, off Route 207\, 3.4 miles west of Rte 300; or take I-84 to Exit 5A\, Rte 747 south to Rte 207\, make a right and take the second left. \nFor more information contact the President of the Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild at HVFGRockTavern@hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org.
URL:https://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/event/rock-tavern-chapter-whispering-tree-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Rock Tavern Chapter
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SUMMARY:Poughkeepsie Chapter: David Ray
DESCRIPTION:The Poughkeepsie Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild\nwill host our monthly coffeehouse on\nSaturday\, May 18\, 2024\nat the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Poughkeepsie\, N.Y.\nThis month we are proud to be featuring David Ray.\n\nA former New York City cab driver\, bartender\, bouncer\, and actor\, David Ray’s award-winning songs have been described as “cinematic.” They’ve been sung by artists as varied as Grammy-winner Shawn Colvin and Dove Award winner Kathy Troccoli\, and recorded by producers from Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin) to Ric Wake (Whitney Houston). Along with Lyle Lovett\, Richie Havens\, Julie Gold (From a Distance) and others\, his early Fast Folk recordings are now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. \nAs a performer\, he’s shared the stage with Roger McGuinn\, Shawn Colvin\, John Leventhal\, Dave Alvin\, Lucy Kaplanski\, Marshall Crenshaw\, Joan Osborne\, Paula Poundstone\, Cliff Eberhardt\, Maia Sharp\, Mark Ford\, KJ Denhert\, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks\, and many more. \nHis latest album\, and the title song\, “So I Run\,” produced by Andy Stack (Yola\, Girl from the North Country)\, featuring CMHOF inductee Cindy Cashdollar and an all-star ensemble\, has already received multiple awards (2022 HOFA International Song Contest\, 2022 International Song Contest (ISC)\, and the 2023 Shiner/VEVA Collect Song Contest). \n\nOPEN MIC\n \nOpen mic performances will be available for all.\nSignup begins at 7 and open mic begins at 7:30.\nThe featured performance is expected to begin at approximately 8:30. \nCost of admission for this event is $7 ($6 for Folk Guild members and seniors) \nQuestions? Contact the President of the Poughkeepsie Chapter\, John Hamilton\, at birdman566@aol.com.
URL:https://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/event/poughkeepsie-chapter-david-ray/
LOCATION:Unitarian Fellowship\, 67 S. Randolph Ave.\, Poughkeepsie\, 67 S. Randolph Ave\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poughkeepsie Chapter
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SUMMARY:Open Mic via Zoom: Rich Newman
DESCRIPTION:Rich Newman is a songwriter and award-winning journalist from Ulster County\, New York. He describes his musical style as “the Country side of Folk\,” and his songs reveal a spiritual curiosity\, a keen sensitivity to the joys and frustrations of human relationships\, and a sly sense of humor. Rich’s influences include John Prine\, Jerry Jeff Walker and John Gorka. \nRich may be reached at rnew11@yahoo.com. \n\n \n\nConnect via Zoom:\nTopic: HVFG 4th Saturday Open Mic via Zoom \n  \nFor the Zoom link\, please signup for our email newsletters\, or contact Ethan Campbell at ethan.1247@gmail.com. \n\n  \nOPEN MIC\nMusic starts at 7:30\, but if you arrive at 7:00 you can spend some time catching up with friends\, helping each other sound check\, and just generally enjoying the mellow Folk Guild vibe. \nEthan Campbell will be the Zoom maestro\, so if you’re a musician and you’re planning to perform\, let Ethan know as soon as you come in from the Waiting Room.  He’ll get you into the next available slot.  Everybody gets two songs or eight (8) minutes\, whichever comes first.
URL:https://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/event/open-mic-via-zoom-rich-newman/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Twilight Music in the Parks 2024: Elly Wininger
DESCRIPTION:Inducted into the NY Blues Hall of Fame in 2014\, Elly Wininger is a 2023 International Blues Challenge Semifinalist.  A veteran of the Greenwich Village folk scene\, she played the opening night at CBGB.  Elly’s deep involvement with the country blues as well as her award-winning original songs have earned her a reputation for highly entertaining performances.  Her most recent album\, “The Blues Never End\,” (Earwig Music 2021) spent 12 weeks as the #1 Acoustic Blues Album on the Roots Music Report. \nElly is also a producer\, educator\, and host of the popular radio show Catskill Cabaradio.   Her public radio series “Rockin’  the Boat” exploring the role of music in political and social change was honored with an award from the United Nations Department of Information. \n  \n\nAbout Twilight Music in the Parks\nCome enjoy free live music from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild at the Walkway Over the Hudson this summer!\n\nOnce again\, The Hudson Valley Folk Guild will be providing the New York State Office of Parks with outdoor music on Thursday evenings for “Twilight Music in the Parks”. Performances are mostly on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7pm at the Walkway Ulster Visitor Center (Highland). \nConcerts are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a lawn chair and stay awhile.\nConcerts are weather permitting. For updates see parks.ny.gov. \nHope to see you there! \nhttps://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/twilight-music-in-the-parks/
URL:https://hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org/event/twilight-music-in-the-parks-2024-elly-wininger/
LOCATION:Walkway Over the Hudson\, Highland\, 87 Haviland Road\, Highland\, New York\, 12528
CATEGORIES:Twilight Music in the Parks 2024
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