PossumHaw

PossumHaw performs original, acoustic music. While songs are built on traditional bluegrass instrumentation, they strive to create a distinct sound and experience. Their music showcases the stellar vocals and songwriting of Colby Crehan. Colby was named Vermont Vocalist of the Year and her song “Road to Mora” was named Vermont Song of the Year following the release of their most recent album. Colby is also female vocalist of the Bluegrass Gospel Project, a northeast bluegrass institution.

Justin Carloni
The songs of Justin Carloni arrive upon a wave of epic melancholy. Carloni is an unrequited dreamer! His lyrics are deeply personal yet the sense of shared longing felt by the listener becomes instantly realized as universal. Carloni's expert guitar playing is gorgeously woven into the clear haunting of a remarkable voice which simply must be heard."

The Prospect Mountaineers
The Prospect Mountaineers is a unique, 10-piece musical project comprised of staff and students from Prospect Mountain High School in Alton, NH. The folk/Americana style of music they play is organic with strong male and female harmonies and eclectic stringed instrumentation. The music conveys a sense of community that is infectious. Fans rave about the feeling of contentedness after listening to their performances.

Ian Fitzgerald.
.Ian Fitzgerald is a writer and performer of American folk songs. Ian has been playing shows up and down the east coast since 2004 and has been joined since 2012 by harmony singer Courtney Gallagher. In performance, their voices combine to tell the many stories that populate Ian's lyrically rich songs.

Dublin-born singer, folklorist and humourist, Tom O'Carroll brings a wealth of wit and laughter to his performances of old and contemporary songs and ballads of Ireland. He has a great knowledge of events of Irish history and a keen interest in the music and culture of Ireland's nomadic people known as Travellers.

Ken Bonfield is an internationally recognized performer and composer of American fingerstyle acoustic guitar instrumentals played on guitars of his own design commissioned from master luthier; Alan Carruth.

In his open-hearted concerts, workshops and masters' classes, he shares with listeners new guitar dimensions and sonic explorations. His compositions are performed with his "chamber ensemble " of handcrafted instruments ranging from standard 6 string guitars to an 11-string harp guitar. Bonfield's work and calling is inspired by a deep love for the beauty, the sounds, and the craft of the acoustic guitar.

Danielle Miraglia

A blistering version of “Stagger Lee” occurs seven tracks deep into Danielle Miraglia's most recent album, Box of Troubles. The notes come fast and hard. The thumb pick on the bass strings is like a jackhammer, insistent in its driving urgency. The tempo is faster than I've ever heard it before, but it seems right. Her voice is strong and expressive with a whiskey-stained authority, peppered occasionally with a raspy growl, as she sings: Police officer, how can it be / You can arrest everybody but cruel old Stagger Lee? That bad man, cruel Stagger Lee … Her slide guitar sets up an ominous drone.... And if you think that's good you gotta hear the rest of what she plays.

Contemporary and Traditional American and British Isles folk songs, the popular trio's music comes from John Prine, Steve Goodman, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Bill Staines, Tom Paxton and many others. Audiences like their tunes, love their harmonies, and not too surprisingly begin singing along.

John Perrault.
Balladeer/Poet John Perrault presents an evening of ballads, lyrics, and fresh cross-grained songs focused on the art of paying attention: to your neighbor, government, planet, self. With three books and nine albums under his belt, John draws on a wide range of traditions, both oral and written, to challenge the head and stir the heart. John was Portsmouth Poet Laureate 2003-2005; his new CD, Rock & Root, is now available from CD Baby.

Doug Kwartler & Susan Levine
Two stunning artists team up for one steller night

"Doug Kwartler brings to the 21st century the passion and perception of the great 20th century folk singers like Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan." - Nick Noble, host of the Folk Revival radio show in WICN, 90.5FM in Worcester, MA. Doug Kwartler's songs have been prominently featured on many major network televisions shows including CSI, The Young and the Restless, All My Children and Dark Blue.

“Susan Levine can break your heart and lift your soul from the wreckage within one smartly crafted moment in one of her songs.” (Tom Driscoll, The Red Door Coffeehouse). Susan Levine has been compared to Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. She has garnered awards and performances at national festivals and venues throughout the Northeast. Her most recent recording, “Atlas” (2007), was described in the Boston Herald as “That rare album where a whole mind and heart are revealed.”

This evening features sets from these unique and wonderful performers

Davey O.

"2013 Kerrville New Folk Finalist Davey O. performs pretense-free Americana, written with a journalist's eye for detail and a poet's ear for the well turned observation.

Annalise Emerick

Since moving from Nashville to New England in late summer 2011, Boston folk songstress Annalise Emerick has demonstrated her aptness to awaken reminiscence in the minds of her listeners with just a few simple words. With her 2011 acclaimed debut EP, Starry-Eyed, Emerick brought songs that have continued to resonate with audiences like “You Win,” “Round and Round,” and “This Love Won't Break Your Heart”

Audience, musicians, volunteers and all others..Please join us as we celebrate a successful season.

Atilla Vural.
The musical inovations of the 1972 born guitarist Attila Vural, currently living in Zurich, Switzerland, tells us about journeys undertaken with eyes and hearts wide open, during which the musician is inspired by a touch of Latin American rhythm, tonalities from good old Jazz, and sober melodies close to straightforward Pop.
A musical journey with Attila Vural will take you to places that you would not have thought a solo guitar may discover.