Original songs with the finest local songwriters...collaborations, stories harmonies.... a night of tunes.
DETAILS:
Peter Siegel, founding member of The Gaslight Tinkers hosts two local seasoned/touring songwriter acts on the first Sunday of every month at the new Marigold in Brattleboro. On July 6th st it will be Elijah Berlow and The Early Risers (Ashley Storrow and Putnam Smith). While events like this are often a "showcase" of each musician individually, this evening is about spontaneous collaboration with harmonies, back up, and unplanned mayhem (!).
Backstory: During the Pandemic, Peter Siegel hosted a livestream from his porch in downtown Brattleboro with one local guest musician a week. This was a showcase of the amazing talent within a "stone's throw" of Peter's house with hundreds of viewers around the world tuning in for almost two years. This is an in-person monthly revival of that series.
Host Peter Siegel (www.petersiegel.com , www.thegaslighttinkers.com) cut his teeth working with folks like Pete Seeger, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, Judy Collins, Dar Williams, Utah Phillips, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary, and was a bandmate of bluegrass powerhouse Michael Daves in the 90's "New Old Time" band Underbelly which the Berkshire Eagle called "a supergroup of New England talent". He contributed and recorded on the Grammy award winning Pete Seeger album "Tomorrow's Children". His other credits include publication in Sing Out! magazine and the fiddle tune compilation, The Portland Collection, as well as appearances on the nationally syndicated Etown.
Elijah Berlow is a Chicago-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist folk musician. Berlow is a playful story-teller with a narrative style grounded in the traditions of Americana music. As a vocalist, he emanates a sincere warmth through his thoughtful phrasing. Berlow creates music that is complex, soulful and in conversation with a rich rhythmic history.
The Early Risers are a folk duo made up of Ashley Storrow and Putnam Smith. Both rootsy and lyrical, their original songs feature close vocal harmonies and arrangements on a wide array of instruments: banjo, guitar, mandolin, piano, and shruti box. After pursuing separate solo singer/songwriter careers, they joined forces in 2015 and have since toured across the country, from Maine to Texas to California to Vancouver, BC. Their album “Making Life Sweet” went to #1 on the folk DJ charts in Nov, 2019. They have played notable venues such as Club Passim, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and the High Plains Public Radio concert series. Ashley and Putnam put on a unique and remarkable show that lingers in the heart, mind, and imagination, long after the last round of applause.
The event is free though donations will be welcome.
For more information on the venue and series visit
https://www.brattleboro.com/downtown/marigold/
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