Linda Marks
While her powerful social impact songs anchor her in the world of Folk music, multi-award wining Boston-based singer-songwriter Linda Marks is a multi-genre artist who also integrates elements of Jazz, Pop, Broadway, Gospel and Latin styles in an intimate heart-to-heart style of songwriting and performing. One the past 15 years, Marks has played a wide variety of top Boston venues in many genres including Jazz (Sculler sJazz Club, Ryles), Fox (Club Passim), Singer Songwriter (The Burren, City Winery), and Cabaret (Club Cafe).
She has produced and performed in countless songwriter showcase shows and series in venues across Massachusetts and going into most of New England, most recently through her leadership in the International Singer-Songwriter Association Boston/Northeast Chapter. Venues have included historical sites, houses of worship and community arts centers, bringing high quality music to communities that do not have the kind of active life music scene of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville. Ongoing series include Oakes Ames Memorial hall in North Easton, MA, The Shiproom at Hotel Vernon in Worcester, MA, and an annual show shining the spotlight on Singer Songwriters age 50+ at the Arlington Center for the Arts.
Linda has appeared on countless radio and television interviews, podcasts, and livestreams, and has been interviewed for publications around the globe.
Autumn Sol
Heather Dee and Steve Roy
Autumn Sol, an award-winning acoustic duo, is Heather Dee and Steve Roy.
Autumn Sol Revival began with one question from Heather to Steve: “Do you play guitar?” Steve said, “I sure do, why do you ask?” Heather told Steve she had written lyrics to a song for her sister Mary who had passed away and she wanted to put them to music. As Heather read the words and Steve strummed, Mary’s Song came together just as Heather had envisioned. It was evident from the beginning that together their purpose was found. The creative process was as natural as breathing and together Autumn Sol was created!
In those early days, many nights were spent jamming and rehearsing and creating new music. At those jam sessions Heather would bring new lyrics, written or just singing them on the fly and Steve would bring a new chord progression or new lyrics from random ideas scribbled in a notebook and the ingredients to what would become their songs began to come together. Luckily, they had recorded some of those sessions on video. With VHS no longer available, those tapes were transformed to digital and became the basis for the songs on their album Autumn Sol Revival.
From performing on many diverse stages over the years to recording their first, Heather and Steve are excited to bring the music of Autumn Sol Revival to everyone. The album is truly their love story, through the music their love was born.
Heather and Steve were ISSA (International Singer-Songwriter Association) Americana Artist of the Month for May 2024
Most recently Heather and Steve won Best Vocal Duo of The Year at the annual ISSA (International Singer-Songwriter Association) Awards in Atlanta Georgia.
Heather Dee is from North Andover, Massachusetts. Her love of music began at an early age singing with her grandfather. In her school days, Heather was in the school band, chorus and drama with a focus on musical theater. During those years she also was in the church choir, whose director, Edward B. Gammons, from The Royal School of Church Music, London England, saw a special gift in Heather and worked with her vocals, the results, in his words, were “phenomenal”. Heather’s Mother, Father and sister also sang with the Andover Choral Society for many years, performing Handel’s Messiah, under the direction of John Everett Collins. Heather was vocalist for many weddings. Heather was in the “Who’s Who for Music” in High School. Music is Heather’s drive in life!
Steve Roy is from Amesbury, Massachusetts. His love of music began as a small child listening to his father practicing with his barbershop quartet in the kitchen of their home and his mother playing records and singing. His grandmother taught him to play her Hammond organ and sang. His sister and brother are singers, and his brother is also a drummer. Many family gatherings were spent around the table working on harmonies and singing. Steve was in the school band and the chorus and then during his college years played guitar in the streets and subways of Boston MA. Being legally blind from birth had a great influence on Steve’s songwriting and performance.
Together as Autumn Sol, they portray their Love through music, Love for life, Humanity, Hope and inspiration for a better world. At Veterans events they sing their songs of gratitude. At Charity events, their songs of hope are sung. At clubs, restaurants and social events, their music energizes the space! Autumn Sol is an experience!
As well as the many venues we have had the pleasure to have played we are enjoying entertaining our many fans at senior living facilities and veteran’s homes throughout New England.
Joey Clark
Joey Clark is a NH native who became a songwriter in Nashville. Since returning to NH, Joey performs as a solo artist and with his band, the Big Hearts. Joey is a lyric-focused writer, with rhythms borrowed from swing, bluegrass, old-time, country and folk-rock, with memorable melodies and words.
This event will be held at Beantown Music School due to the closing of One Broadway Collaborative in its previous location.
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