Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/08/2014
8:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Location
Regent Theater
When: Saturday, November 8th at 8pm
Where: Regent Theater, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
Tickets: 781-646-4849 or www.regenttheatre.com
Peter Yarrow’s talents as a creative artist—both with the legendary trio Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer—are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs from Peter, Paul & Mary, including “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done”, “Light One Candle” and “The Great Mandala.” As a member of the renowned musical trio, Yarrow has earned multiple gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous GRAMMYs.
Over the years, many issues have moved Peter to commit his time and talent: equal rights, peace, the environment, gender equality, homelessness, hospice care, and education. All have utilized his skills as both a performer and an organizer. Peter Yarrow’s life and work – culminating in the founding and leadership of Operation Respect with its “Don’t Laugh At Me” initiative – is based on his passionate belief that music, with its power to build community and catalyze change, can be a particularly powerful organizing tool.
“Yes, it will be nostalgic for many. But on another level, it will bring them a sense of what is still possible. Yes, they will sing ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane,’ and I will give them a sense of the current history of what this music is doing, and why it’s important. It’s not necessarily a big lecture — it’s inherent in the music. They’ll get it. I know it, ’cause that’s what I do.” – Peter Yarrow
MICHAELA ANNE (Opens the show)
A former unhappy jazz student with a passion for Patsy Cline and Otis Redding, Michaela Anne has claimed her place among singers who go their own way, looking to the timeless with little regard for passing trends.
Michaela Anne has been building her name on the Americana circuit, performing at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Merlefest, SXSW, WDVX’s Blue Plate Special, and Folk Alliance International, as well as sharing the stage with notable bands and artists. She has been recognized in numerous prestigious songwriting competitions including Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Contest, Telluride Troubadour and Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Contest.
“Her lovely new record, ‘Ease My Mind’,[is] full of plain-spoken songs of romantic regret and small-town longing written by her and sung in a sweet voice.” |the new york times|
FOLK New England preserves, promotes and documents the ongoing cultural legacy of folk music and its connections to New England through education, collaboration and entertainment.
Based on collections from the 1960’s era folk revival, and stretching to the present, the core collections include photographs, recordings, and memorabilia from The Club 47, the Cambridge MA folk music community, The Newport Folk Festival, and The Old Vienna Kaffeehaus.
