https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-woodshed-podcast-live-from-the-hearing-room--3622260enMusicCopyright Aaron Tornberghttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2609720de6c4135e83a003fa7f0d5077.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-woodshed-podcast-live-from-the-hearing-room--3622260Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:15:55 +0000Aaron TornbergAaron Tornbergfeeds@spreaker.comThe Woodshed is an intimate discussion and live performance with local New England area singer/songwriters who have played at The Hearing Room in Lowell, Massachusetts. Hosted by Aaron Tornberg, of Mushroom Musicians, the conversation focuses on a...yesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-83-featuring-ronnee-stolzberg--45482227https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45482227Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:00:20 +0000Aaron TornbergRonnee has been performing in clubs and coffeehouses throughout the southern New England area, playing "ClassicRock" covers and originals, including those from her self-produced CD,“Spirit of the Heart”. Ronnee's upbeat “acoustic-rock” style and...6075aarontornberg,acoustic,folk,guild,guitar,music,ronneestolzberg,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,vocalcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-with-aaron-tornberg-82-featuring-kimayo--44104480I'd like to share a story with you...

...about a girl. The youngest of six children, “the baby”, she spent summers barefoot and picking raspberries. During the winter she listened to the crackling fireplace while warming cold fingers after hours in the snow. She learned delight and appreciation.

This girl was spritely and filled with joy. She was loving and always wanted to please those around her. She trusted quickly and forgave easily.

Childhood was abundant. It also came with hardships. Life brought sickness, hurt, struggle, and great loss. She was fifteen when her dad lost his battle to cancer. She didn't know then, but these experiences taught her the gift of resilience, the value of hope, the beauty of love, and the friendship of music.

Through the years this "Energizer Bunny" mastered the art of wearing masks to cover up her sorrow and fear.

"Put a smile on your face, don't be a burden, and push through."

Externally she was thriving. Internally she was numb, so she wrote. Songs, poems, and journaling were her haven for raw, unfiltered honesty.

At the University of New Hampshire she began writing songs on her dad’s old guitar. It was a balm. Sophomore year brought a reckoning with her faith, a belief in a force of love and restoration. She had a sense of belonging just as she was.
This also lead to self-reflection, opening wounds that had never really healed. Afraid, an eating disorder became her escape. There was sickness, hurt, struggle, and loss...

...and then there was resilience, hope, love, and music.

Post undergrad, this now adult knew she wanted to help people, see them thrive. She also knew music filled her veins with an energy unmatched, meeting her wherever she was with exactly what she needed. Music was her confidant, dance partner, comforter, her mood lifter. Through the years, personal growth, therapy, amazing friends, and creating, all brought more clarity:

She would cultivate Connection, Solidarity, and Hope through Love and Creative Expression.

That little girl is now in her thirties. She is still spritely, loving, and filled with joy. She is also authentic and vulnerable. This woman has traveled. She has loved and lost. She cares for the environment and is passionate about ending injustice. She is an aunt to five incredible young humans and a mom to her feline Mowgli. She lives her vision. This woman is learning daily to trust her knowing and believe her worth.

She is bold. She is courageous. She is flourishing.
With the dawn she rises.

I seek daily to cultivate connection, solidarity, and hope through love and creative expression. My hope is that as I share my music and heart with integrity and authenticity, you too feel empowered to live authentically.

May you come to know and love yourself more and more, as you journey Around The Sun.

BeBold,
Kimayo]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44104480Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:00:13 +0000Aaron TornbergDear Friend, I'd like to share a story with you... ...about a girl. The youngest of six children, “the baby”, she spent summers barefoot and picking raspberries. During the winter she listened to the crackling fireplace while warming cold fingers...I'd like to share a story with you...

...about a girl. The youngest of six children, “the baby”, she spent summers barefoot and picking raspberries. During the winter she listened to the crackling fireplace while warming cold fingers after hours in the snow. She learned delight and appreciation.

This girl was spritely and filled with joy. She was loving and always wanted to please those around her. She trusted quickly and forgave easily.

Childhood was abundant. It also came with hardships. Life brought sickness, hurt, struggle, and great loss. She was fifteen when her dad lost his battle to cancer. She didn't know then, but these experiences taught her the gift of resilience, the value of hope, the beauty of love, and the friendship of music.

Through the years this "Energizer Bunny" mastered the art of wearing masks to cover up her sorrow and fear.

"Put a smile on your face, don't be a burden, and push through."

Externally she was thriving. Internally she was numb, so she wrote. Songs, poems, and journaling were her haven for raw, unfiltered honesty.

At the University of New Hampshire she began writing songs on her dad’s old guitar. It was a balm. Sophomore year brought a reckoning with her faith, a belief in a force of love and restoration. She had a sense of belonging just as she was.
This also lead to self-reflection, opening wounds that had never really healed. Afraid, an eating disorder became her escape. There was sickness, hurt, struggle, and loss...

...and then there was resilience, hope, love, and music.

Post undergrad, this now adult knew she wanted to help people, see them thrive. She also knew music filled her veins with an energy unmatched, meeting her wherever she was with exactly what she needed. Music was her confidant, dance partner, comforter, her mood lifter. Through the years, personal growth, therapy, amazing friends, and creating, all brought more clarity:

She would cultivate Connection, Solidarity, and Hope through Love and Creative Expression.

That little girl is now in her thirties. She is still spritely, loving, and filled with joy. She is also authentic and vulnerable. This woman has traveled. She has loved and lost. She cares for the environment and is passionate about ending injustice. She is an aunt to five incredible young humans and a mom to her feline Mowgli. She lives her vision. This woman is learning daily to trust her knowing and believe her worth.

She is bold. She is courageous. She is flourishing.
With the dawn she rises.

I seek daily to cultivate connection, solidarity, and hope through love and creative expression. My hope is that as I share my music and heart with integrity and authenticity, you too feel empowered to live authentically.

May you come to know and love yourself more and more, as you journey Around The Sun.

BeBold,
Kimayo]]>5584aarontornberg,folk,guitar,interview,kimayo,lowell,lowellma,musician,singer-songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-81-featuring-catherine-swan--43902044
I am originally from Dublin Ireland, currently living in Lowell Ma with my childhood sweetheart "Swanney" who I reconnected with after 30 years and married just 4 years ago. It wasn't until I moved to the US that I started playing out at open mics initially and eventually playing in pubs and gigging all over Lowell and surrounding towns with my band "Oskersfault" that I formed through meeting other musicians at Pinata's in Tewksbury MA when I ran the open mic there, we went our own ways after about 5 very successful years together, we had a great dynamic and it was a fab experience! My mother always loved playing music in the house and was a huge influence growing up, my musical influences to name a few are Elvis, Jewel, Amy Winehouse, The Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac,, I particularly like soul and R&B to listen to. Now that I'm getting older I am enjoying doing more songs from my home country Ireland and with the technology we have now I am able to share with my family and friends back there.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43902044Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:00:16 +0000Aaron TornbergTonight! Catherine Swan is on the podcast at 7pm. Listen in! I am originally from Dublin Ireland, currently living in Lowell Ma with my childhood sweetheart "Swanney" who I reconnected with after 30 years and married just 4 years ago. It wasn't...
I am originally from Dublin Ireland, currently living in Lowell Ma with my childhood sweetheart "Swanney" who I reconnected with after 30 years and married just 4 years ago. It wasn't until I moved to the US that I started playing out at open mics initially and eventually playing in pubs and gigging all over Lowell and surrounding towns with my band "Oskersfault" that I formed through meeting other musicians at Pinata's in Tewksbury MA when I ran the open mic there, we went our own ways after about 5 very successful years together, we had a great dynamic and it was a fab experience! My mother always loved playing music in the house and was a huge influence growing up, my musical influences to name a few are Elvis, Jewel, Amy Winehouse, The Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac,, I particularly like soul and R&B to listen to. Now that I'm getting older I am enjoying doing more songs from my home country Ireland and with the technology we have now I am able to share with my family and friends back there.]]>5838aarontornberg,artscenter,catherineswan,folkmusic,interview,ireland,irish,irishmusic,lowell,lowellma,massachusetts,music,musician,non-profit,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-80-with-chris-steele--43481336
My music comes from a love of classic rock, influenced by 90’s grunge and post-grunge, and then filtered through the mind of a poet who travels too much.

https://chrissteeleband.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43481336Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:21 +0000Aaron TornbergChris Steele is a Massachusetts-based songwriter, singer, and rock musician. Depending on the day, Chris might be solo with an acoustic guitar in Edmonton, Alberta, jamming out with friends at a pizza joint in Newton, livestreaming online, or putting...
My music comes from a love of classic rock, influenced by 90’s grunge and post-grunge, and then filtered through the mind of a poet who travels too much.

https://chrissteeleband.com]]>5851aarontornberg,chrissteele,economicdevelopment,guitar,interviews,music,musicians,singer-songwriter,songwriter,songwriting,thewoodshedpodcast,vocalcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-79-featuring-doug-farrell--42064312
http://www.dougfarrellmusic.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42064312Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:06 +0000Aaron TornbergDoug Farrell is a Songwriter from Southern New Hampshire who's been described as John Prine meets John Gorka. he’s been featured on NHPR’s Folk Show ,winner of several New England Songwiting contests. He has a CD out called Spirit Man, and also 2 CDs...
http://www.dougfarrellmusic.com]]>5850aarontornberg,acoustic,dougfarrell,folk,folkmusic,guitar,interview,musician,newengland,newhampshire,originalmusic,rootsmusic,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-78-featuring-jay-singing-spirit-cunningham--42007316I started playing guitar at 15 years of age and I am self taught not until later on in life did I start performing at various coffee houses and pubs both at open mics and gigging out and also busking for tips I have been with my classic rock band the CRS Project for 20 years or so and actually started playing with some of these musicians 48years ago as a garage band that never did much I was lead singer at the time and only played folk music on my own of which I was just learning . I was born in Taunton Ma and moved to the back woods of Norton ma at 8 years. Of age I am 1/4 Abenaki Indian and 3/4 Scotch Irish and English I am 64 years old and have been married 45 years to the same woman and have 3 grown adult children and 8 grandchildren also I am retired and devoting all my time to music and native culture I lead a 26” buffalo hide drum and we drum at 13 powwows a year.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42007316Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:12 +0000Aaron TornbergA brief Biography of Jay Singing Spirit Cunningham written by Jay: I started playing guitar at 15 years of age and I am self taught not until later on in life did I start performing at various coffee houses and pubs both at open mics and gigging out...I started playing guitar at 15 years of age and I am self taught not until later on in life did I start performing at various coffee houses and pubs both at open mics and gigging out and also busking for tips I have been with my classic rock band the CRS Project for 20 years or so and actually started playing with some of these musicians 48years ago as a garage band that never did much I was lead singer at the time and only played folk music on my own of which I was just learning . I was born in Taunton Ma and moved to the back woods of Norton ma at 8 years. Of age I am 1/4 Abenaki Indian and 3/4 Scotch Irish and English I am 64 years old and have been married 45 years to the same woman and have 3 grown adult children and 8 grandchildren also I am retired and devoting all my time to music and native culture I lead a 26” buffalo hide drum and we drum at 13 powwows a year.]]>5815aarontornberg,abenaki,drum,folk,folkmusic,guitar,indigenouspeople,jaysingingspiritcunningham,music,nativeamerican,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-77-featuring-pamela-steinfeld--41884198singer/songwriter/guitarist/
piano-player.

A Massachusetts-based musician, Pam has over 20 songwriting awards to her credit (6 awarded by the Billboard Magazine Song Contest). She writes upbeat, rhythmic tunes as well as soulful ballads.
Pam’s debut CD, "Open Hands," features eleven originals and a cover version of John Gorka's song "Love Is Our Cross To Bear." Co-produced by Pam and WAMA "Producer of the Year" Marco Delmar, "Open Hands" also features the talents of Jon Carroll,
Robbie Magruder, J.T. Brown (current/former members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band), Al Petteway, and many other talented musicians.

"Open Hands" was nominated as "Best Debut Recording" and "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" by the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA). Radio/TV: Ten songs from "Open Hands" have been played on radio stations across the country and abroad, including WXPN in Philadelphia, WMVY on Martha's Vineyard, WETA in Washington, DC, and WRUR in Rochester. Pam has been interviewed on stations in New Jersey and Maryland. She has also appeared on television in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Virginia.

Performance Highlights:
The release of "Open Hands" launched Pam's performance schedule, highlights of which include shows at the Washington Folk Festival, National Race for the Cure, Wintertide Coffeehouse, Rehoboth Folk Festival, Watchung Arts Center, Jammin' Java, First Night Alexandria, Frederick Festival of the Arts, Herndon Festival, NERFA Official "Informal" Showcase, Vic's Music Corner/O'Brien's, and numerous house
concerts.

Press
Pam has been featured in numerous publications, including:
Washington Post Magazine, The Journal Newspapers, The Gazette Newspapers, Music Monthly, Washington Jewish Week, The Watchung Journal, The Cape Gazette, The Old Town Crier, Indie-music.com, and collectedsounds.com. (See "Reviews" page for quotes.)

Listen to Pam’s tunes on YouTube!
https://tinyurl.com/PamOnYouTube
For Bookings and Email List: PamelaJayne1@gmail.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41884198Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:56:52 +0000Aaron TornbergPam Steinfeld singer/songwriter/guitarist/ piano-player. A Massachusetts-based musician, Pam has over 20 songwriting awards to her credit (6 awarded by the Billboard Magazine Song Contest). She writes upbeat, rhythmic tunes as well as soulful...singer/songwriter/guitarist/
piano-player.

A Massachusetts-based musician, Pam has over 20 songwriting awards to her credit (6 awarded by the Billboard Magazine Song Contest). She writes upbeat, rhythmic tunes as well as soulful ballads.
Pam’s debut CD, "Open Hands," features eleven originals and a cover version of John Gorka's song "Love Is Our Cross To Bear." Co-produced by Pam and WAMA "Producer of the Year" Marco Delmar, "Open Hands" also features the talents of Jon Carroll,
Robbie Magruder, J.T. Brown (current/former members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band), Al Petteway, and many other talented musicians.

"Open Hands" was nominated as "Best Debut Recording" and "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" by the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA). Radio/TV: Ten songs from "Open Hands" have been played on radio stations across the country and abroad, including WXPN in Philadelphia, WMVY on Martha's Vineyard, WETA in Washington, DC, and WRUR in Rochester. Pam has been interviewed on stations in New Jersey and Maryland. She has also appeared on television in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Virginia.

Performance Highlights:
The release of "Open Hands" launched Pam's performance schedule, highlights of which include shows at the Washington Folk Festival, National Race for the Cure, Wintertide Coffeehouse, Rehoboth Folk Festival, Watchung Arts Center, Jammin' Java, First Night Alexandria, Frederick Festival of the Arts, Herndon Festival, NERFA Official "Informal" Showcase, Vic's Music Corner/O'Brien's, and numerous house
concerts.

Press
Pam has been featured in numerous publications, including:
Washington Post Magazine, The Journal Newspapers, The Gazette Newspapers, Music Monthly, Washington Jewish Week, The Watchung Journal, The Cape Gazette, The Old Town Crier, Indie-music.com, and collectedsounds.com. (See "Reviews" page for quotes.)

Listen to Pam’s tunes on YouTube!
https://tinyurl.com/PamOnYouTube
For Bookings and Email List: PamelaJayne1@gmail.com]]>5605aarontornberg,folkmusic,guitar,guitarist,interview,music,pamsteinfeld,pianist,piano,podcast,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-76-featuring-jason-campbell--27276163https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27276163Mon, 18 May 2020 23:00:02 +0000Aaron TornbergJason Campbell was born in Billerica, MA and has spent his life in New England. He has a degree in Illustration and is self-employed as a Typographic Designer. He also paints, draws pencil portraits and publishes web cartoons. He has been a blues...5658aarontornberg,blues,deltablues,electricblues,harmonica,jasoncampbell,jasoncampbellgraphics,music,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-75-featuring-lori-fassman--27110597https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27110597Mon, 11 May 2020 23:00:10 +0000Aaron TornbergLori Fassman moved to the Boston area from Connecticut in the late 1980s, armed with a math degree, and immediately became enchanted with the local folk music scene. She joined and later became a core volunteer for the Folk Song Society of Greater...5089aarontornberg,folk,guitar,lorifassman,mushroommusicians,music,singer,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,traditional,tradmusiccleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-74-featuring-tamara-hey--26885361�
She also happens to be the rare music-schooled musician who doesn’t waste notes or let her chops get in the way of saying something as directly as possible, musically or lyrically. That sense of purpose and craftsmanship translates to her career as a music educator: she’s a popular guitar teacher and for the past ten years, Hey’s Alphabet City Music Workshops for music theory, transcription and arranging have built a following, especially among singer-songwriters.
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Hey got her start in the Lower East Side’s edgy singer-songwriter scene in the early part of this century, in the days before the gritty, artistic neighborhood was taken over by real estate speculators. Inspired by the fearlessness and sardonic humor of classic punk, the catchiness and wit of 60s Brill Building pop and the quirky fun of new wave, Hey quickly gained a following in bars and listening rooms in New York including the Fast Folk Cafe, CB’s Gallery, the Bottom Line, Rockwood Music Hall and the Slipper Room. She’s shared the stage with artists including David Massengill, Jack Hardy, Ellis Paul, to name a few.
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Her third album, Miserably Happy, has been called a high water mark of that scene. Tamara’s catalog of original songwriting includes three previous albums: Right This Minute, A Little Space Left, and a children’s album, Sharing the Same Stars. In addition, Tamara’s work appears on three Fast Folk Magazine compilations: Local Charm, New Voices NYC, and Rebirth, issued on Smithsonian Folkways Records.
The Editors
New York Music Daily/Lucid Culture
Review of Tamara Hey at Rockwood Music Hall
http://lucidculture.wordpress.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26885361Thu, 07 May 2020 23:31:00 +0000Aaron Tornberg“Tamara Hey’s soaring voice has charmed and captivated audiences throughout her native New York for over a decade. She writes meticulously detailed, magically crystallized three-minute pop songs which, just like her vocals, are disarmingly deep. She’s...�
She also happens to be the rare music-schooled musician who doesn’t waste notes or let her chops get in the way of saying something as directly as possible, musically or lyrically. That sense of purpose and craftsmanship translates to her career as a music educator: she’s a popular guitar teacher and for the past ten years, Hey’s Alphabet City Music Workshops for music theory, transcription and arranging have built a following, especially among singer-songwriters.
�
Hey got her start in the Lower East Side’s edgy singer-songwriter scene in the early part of this century, in the days before the gritty, artistic neighborhood was taken over by real estate speculators. Inspired by the fearlessness and sardonic humor of classic punk, the catchiness and wit of 60s Brill Building pop and the quirky fun of new wave, Hey quickly gained a following in bars and listening rooms in New York including the Fast Folk Cafe, CB’s Gallery, the Bottom Line, Rockwood Music Hall and the Slipper Room. She’s shared the stage with artists including David Massengill, Jack Hardy, Ellis Paul, to name a few.
�
Her third album, Miserably Happy, has been called a high water mark of that scene. Tamara’s catalog of original songwriting includes three previous albums: Right This Minute, A Little Space Left, and a children’s album, Sharing the Same Stars. In addition, Tamara’s work appears on three Fast Folk Magazine compilations: Local Charm, New Voices NYC, and Rebirth, issued on Smithsonian Folkways Records.
The Editors
New York Music Daily/Lucid Culture
Review of Tamara Hey at Rockwood Music Hall
http://lucidculture.wordpress.com]]>6181folk,guitar,music,singer,songwriter,tamarahey,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-73-featuring-cantor-vera-broekhuysen--26727565As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and drum into the classroom to infuse Hebrew language learning with music. Cantor Broekhuysen is also passionate about the beauty and vocal connectivity of early music and folksong and brings her experiences with Village Harmony (Vermont, international tours in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia) and Studio Sixteen (Toronto) to her cantorial work.
Cantor Broekhuysen deeply values opportunities to pursue both spiritual enrichment and social justice in interfaith environments. She is a member of the Greater Haverhill Clergy Association and a founding member of the Merrimack Valley Sanctuary Network, which came together in the spring of 2017. While in cantorial school, Cantor Broekhuysen led an interfaith, cross-campus singing group (through the Center for Inter-Religious & Communal Leadership Education at both Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological Seminary) and co-created a series of events and workshops exploring the female voice in relationship to text and spiritual authority within Judaism and Islam.
Cantor Broekhuysen is a member of the New England Board of Cantors, where she currently serves as secretary. In March of 2018, she helped organize, and performed in, “From Out of the Storm: Cantors Respond to Devastation,” a successful benefit concert on behalf of the Jewish communities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who were impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Jose. This event was cosponsored by Temple Beth Zion of Brookline, MA.
Cantor Broekhuysen completed her undergraduate studies in music history and theory at the University of Toronto and was ordained by Hebrew College in June of 2016, when she also earned her Masters Degree in Jewish Education. She lives in North Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26727565Mon, 04 May 2020 23:00:04 +0000Aaron TornbergCantor Vera Broekhuysen has served as cantor at Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill, Massachusetts, since June of 2016 and is delighted to begin serving the Temple as its spiritual leader in July of 2018. As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and...As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and drum into the classroom to infuse Hebrew language learning with music. Cantor Broekhuysen is also passionate about the beauty and vocal connectivity of early music and folksong and brings her experiences with Village Harmony (Vermont, international tours in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia) and Studio Sixteen (Toronto) to her cantorial work.
Cantor Broekhuysen deeply values opportunities to pursue both spiritual enrichment and social justice in interfaith environments. She is a member of the Greater Haverhill Clergy Association and a founding member of the Merrimack Valley Sanctuary Network, which came together in the spring of 2017. While in cantorial school, Cantor Broekhuysen led an interfaith, cross-campus singing group (through the Center for Inter-Religious & Communal Leadership Education at both Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological Seminary) and co-created a series of events and workshops exploring the female voice in relationship to text and spiritual authority within Judaism and Islam.
Cantor Broekhuysen is a member of the New England Board of Cantors, where she currently serves as secretary. In March of 2018, she helped organize, and performed in, “From Out of the Storm: Cantors Respond to Devastation,” a successful benefit concert on behalf of the Jewish communities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who were impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Jose. This event was cosponsored by Temple Beth Zion of Brookline, MA.
Cantor Broekhuysen completed her undergraduate studies in music history and theory at the University of Toronto and was ordained by Hebrew College in June of 2016, when she also earned her Masters Degree in Jewish Education. She lives in North Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.]]>5755aarontornberg,cantor,hebrew,jewish,liturgy,music,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,verabroekhuysencleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-72-featuring-danno-sullivan--25154802https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25154802Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:00:02 +0000Aaron TornbergDanno Sullivan - Ukulele teacher, musician, actor, writer and all around performer.5702aarontornberg,dannosullivan,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,ukulelecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-71-featuring-maxwell-shultz--24895685I'm a professional stand-up comedian of five years. I also cohost the radio program, Poptarts in my VCR every Tuesday on 91.5 WUML. It can also be streamed on wuml.org. In addition, I co-host a Podcast, "One-hour Parking" based out of northern Massachusetts.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24895685Mon, 27 Apr 2020 23:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergMy work as a writer tends to be mostly essay driven. My first full length book is a memoir titled "This is why you know me." I'm a professional stand-up comedian of five years. I also cohost the radio program, Poptarts in my VCR every Tuesday on 91.5...I'm a professional stand-up comedian of five years. I also cohost the radio program, Poptarts in my VCR every Tuesday on 91.5 WUML. It can also be streamed on wuml.org. In addition, I co-host a Podcast, "One-hour Parking" based out of northern Massachusetts.]]>6054aarontornberg,comedian,comedy,hearingroom,interview,maxwellshultz,podcast,spokenword,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-70-featuring-benjamin-bunker--24896493https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24896493Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergHaverhill raised musician, writing under BEDS the solo project and Motel Art, with inspirations from movie scores like Eternal Sunshine and bands Minus the Bear and the Front Bottoms. Ben works in the mental health field. When not working or...6538aarontornberg,benjaminbunker,folk,haverhill,hearingroom,looping,lowell,pedals,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-69-featuring-annie-patterson-and-peter-blood--25815411
Patterson is an accomplished folk performer, recording artist and jazz vocalist. She was the art director of Rise Up Singing and was producer and primary vocalist for the Rise Up Singing Teaching Discs. Patterson is a member of the swing band Girls from Mars and performs regularly with The O-Tones and at folk venues in the US and abroad.

Blood was publications director of Sing Out (the nonprofit that publishes Sing Out! Magazine) from 1988 to 1993. He edited Pete Seeger’s autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singalong Memoir. Seeger was actively involved in working both on Rise Up Singing and Rise Again.

For more information on Annie & Peter and their work go to https://www.riseupandsing.org/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25815411Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergAnnie Patterson & Peter Blood developed and edited Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook, published by Sing Out Publications in 1988 and their sequel second songbook Rise Again published by Hal Leonard in 2015. They have led hundreds of...
Patterson is an accomplished folk performer, recording artist and jazz vocalist. She was the art director of Rise Up Singing and was producer and primary vocalist for the Rise Up Singing Teaching Discs. Patterson is a member of the swing band Girls from Mars and performs regularly with The O-Tones and at folk venues in the US and abroad.

Blood was publications director of Sing Out (the nonprofit that publishes Sing Out! Magazine) from 1988 to 1993. He edited Pete Seeger’s autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singalong Memoir. Seeger was actively involved in working both on Rise Up Singing and Rise Again.

For more information on Annie & Peter and their work go to https://www.riseupandsing.org/]]>6075aarontornberg,anniepatterson,folk,music,peterblood,riseagain,riseupsinging,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,traditional,wherehavealltheflowersgonecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-68-featuring-rob-siegel--23763728https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23763728Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergRob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed- out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable, intelligent, well-crafted songs.6019aarontornberg,automotive,cars,folk,hackmechanic,journalism,music,robsiegel,singer,singer-songwriter,singer/songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-67-featuring-liz-bills--25424553
A vocal powerhouse, a dynamic songwriter and an empowering force who bares her heart for the world to see.

Known for her entrancing high energy performances and emotionally charged power vocals, vulnerable and passionate in her songwriting and stage presence; Liz openly discusses mental health, female empowerment and many other sensitive topics that so desperately need to be explored.

Highlights have included winning Roots Act of The Year in 2019 and ‘Rock Act of the Year in 2018 for the New England Music Awards, opening for Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun in 2017, runner-up in the 2016 Aloft Rising Star with Daughtry, and a semi-finals appearance in the WZLX’s 2016 Rock Rumble. Liz was a top 30 female finisher in the 2013 American Idol competition, and has been compared to singers such as Grace Potter, Janis Joplin, Florence and the Machine and Susan Tedeschi.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25424553Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:00:16 +0000Aaron TornbergLIZ BILLS A vocal powerhouse, a dynamic songwriter and an empowering force who bares her heart for the world to see. Known for her entrancing high energy performances and emotionally charged power vocals, vulnerable and passionate in her...
A vocal powerhouse, a dynamic songwriter and an empowering force who bares her heart for the world to see.

Known for her entrancing high energy performances and emotionally charged power vocals, vulnerable and passionate in her songwriting and stage presence; Liz openly discusses mental health, female empowerment and many other sensitive topics that so desperately need to be explored.

Highlights have included winning Roots Act of The Year in 2019 and ‘Rock Act of the Year in 2018 for the New England Music Awards, opening for Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun in 2017, runner-up in the 2016 Aloft Rising Star with Daughtry, and a semi-finals appearance in the WZLX’s 2016 Rock Rumble. Liz was a top 30 female finisher in the 2013 American Idol competition, and has been compared to singers such as Grace Potter, Janis Joplin, Florence and the Machine and Susan Tedeschi.]]>5648aarontornberg,americanidol,folk,guitar,lizbills,music,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,vocalcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-66-featuring-alex-sabau--25081191https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25081191Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:00:05 +0000Aaron TornbergAlexandru Sabau is a Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter from Haverhill, Mass. His debut full length 'In between the Standing Trees' was recorded at BB3 Studios in Newton,NH. and self-released in 2014. He has been on several Road Trip tours, playing in...5666aarontornberg,alexandrusabau,alexsabau,folk,guitar,music,singer,singing,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-65-featuring-colorado-bob-kramer--24889209
Bob is a seasoned performer and multi-instrumentalist whose love for the Delta and Piedmont styles resonates through his energetic playing and his rootsy singing. He performs using a variety of instruments to produce their jazzy folk/blues original sound, including slide guitar, mandolin and other guitars.

Bob Kramer regularly perform at a variety of venues in the area, including the Topsfield Fair, and hosts the open mic at the Indo Pub, Beverly, on Monday nights.. Bob has opened for national recording artists, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines at Beverly First Night and the Pete Best Band (original Beatles drummer) in Newburyport and the Terra Blues Club in Greenwich Village in New York City

Bob has released solo CDs, produced a compilation CD of Boston’s North Shore singer/songwriters - North Shore Acoustic Project - which received a “ raving” review in Dirty Linen Magazine. He also received an Honorable Mention in Billboard Magazine’s Songwriting Contest, and served as Chair of the Music Committee for the Yankee Homecoming Festival in Newburyport. His songs have been on radio playlists all over the world. Bob’s CD Help Me Sing My Song is on the Oasis compilation CD Volume 5.

You can purchase Bob Kramer's albums Help me Sing my Song and North Shore Music Project on iTunes as well as on CD Baby.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24889209Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:00:05 +0000Aaron TornbergPerforming a unique blend of jazz, folk, rock and blues, Beverly-based, rootsy, rockin & blue, Bob Kramer delivers high-spirited and enthusiastic performances every time he performs. His lively sets are packed with songs for any age and range from the...
Bob is a seasoned performer and multi-instrumentalist whose love for the Delta and Piedmont styles resonates through his energetic playing and his rootsy singing. He performs using a variety of instruments to produce their jazzy folk/blues original sound, including slide guitar, mandolin and other guitars.

Bob Kramer regularly perform at a variety of venues in the area, including the Topsfield Fair, and hosts the open mic at the Indo Pub, Beverly, on Monday nights.. Bob has opened for national recording artists, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines at Beverly First Night and the Pete Best Band (original Beatles drummer) in Newburyport and the Terra Blues Club in Greenwich Village in New York City

Bob has released solo CDs, produced a compilation CD of Boston’s North Shore singer/songwriters - North Shore Acoustic Project - which received a “ raving” review in Dirty Linen Magazine. He also received an Honorable Mention in Billboard Magazine’s Songwriting Contest, and served as Chair of the Music Committee for the Yankee Homecoming Festival in Newburyport. His songs have been on radio playlists all over the world. Bob’s CD Help Me Sing My Song is on the Oasis compilation CD Volume 5.

You can purchase Bob Kramer's albums Help me Sing my Song and North Shore Music Project on iTunes as well as on CD Baby.]]>5910aarontornberg,blues,bobkramer,coloradobob,coloradobobkramer,folk,folkmusic,interview,musician,rock,thebobkramerband,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-64-featuring-jay-gillespie--23763729https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23763729Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergMay Ave. was a long-term project that began on a Boston commuter boat in 2003. Bill Barton (A.R. West Studios/Billy and the Goats) listened to Gillespie discuss music, subsequently challenging him to write a bunch of songs that he offered to record in...5909aarontornberg,folk,interview,jaygillespie,music,musician,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,theworldaccordingtogillespiecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-63-featuring-kenny-selcer--24646103
Ask Kenny Selcer why it is that he plays music, and he's likely to respond as though he was on stage. Without missing a beat, he becomes electric. He speaks of defying categories, breaking down barriers and fusing idioms and cultures. Of his live performances (whether solo or with his band) he says, "It's as though someone keeps changing the channel."

Indeed, Kenny weaves a masterful, fluid thread through genre after genre in his riveting live performances in his solo performances (and with his bands). He traverses the musical map with infectious melodies and unstoppable rhythms. He soothes the spirit, rocks the house and melts into a seductive, bluesy groove. It’s a unique uplifting sound that comes through both live and on disc! It’s an uplifting and transcendent romp through style after style.

Kenny is at equally at home on solo acoustic guitar as he is with a band. He has performed everywhere as a solo singer/songwriter honing his songs and solo performing on the vital New England acoustic scene. He has also led bands from duos to 6 pieces led by his mesmerizing guitar & intimate vocals. Whatever the musical situation he paints sparkling vignettes and visions exploring life’s complexities and wonders. His latest CD is I Simplify.

“Through candid storytelling and inspired guitar play, Kenny Selcer delivers a stimulating mind-body listening experience. Engaging tales of relationship pain, frustration, hope and desire will provoke listeners to revisit thoughts of their own relationships. Listeners will not, however, find themselves stewing in self-reflection for very long as Selcer's lively guitar licks send them truckin' on down the road to relationship renewal.” - Dennis Carlan, Lyric Tree Publishing

"Kenny Selcer has put together an album of memorable tunes and sensational picking." - Joseph Tortelli, Music Business News

"The entire work is one warm vibe that you ride through on the strength of Selcer’s pleasant, mellifluous vocal." - Bill Copeland, www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/

“Imagine David Bromberg, Jackson Browne, early Donovan, Steve Forbert, Tom Petty, and Paul Simon percolating in ...a room. That paints a clearer picture of Kenny’s latest material. Further accented by his own copyright stamp the results are pure pleasure from the opening tune (the title cut) to the finale (which by the way ends with the reprise).” – Craig Fenton, Jefferson Airplane/Starship biographer

“Selcer produces well-crafted songs with a variety of deliveries that makes the album an unexpected listening experience.” – Austindaze.com

Kenny’s latest CD: “This is a wonderful CD! It is an excellent collection of well-crafted songs, sensitively presented. Your voice shines, your guitar-playing is perfection, the arrangements are excellent, whether you are playing & singing alone or presenting a song with one or more of your talented accompanists. I’ve enjoyed the album on a first listen, and even more on a second listen. It’s a very hopeful collection of pieces. The songs go down easily – excellent melodies and chord choices.” Ellen Schmidt, musician, producer

“The most powerful thing I’ve noticed about Kenny Selcer’s album, Don’t Forget About Me, is this: listening to it makes me feel good. Don’t get me wrong- this isn’t simple, superficial music. Nothing of the sort. These songs are songs that tell the truth about what it is like to be alive - facing loss, facing the future, facing our task here on earth: to create a life that is authentic & meaningful. How can I help but feel good in the presence of music that is this kind of real? Add to this, the fact that these are wonderfully crafted songs- that Kenny’s voice rings true, and that his guitar playing is transcendental- and you have a winning combination. Thanks for making this for us all - you have cooked us up a delicious banquet of sound!” - Lynn McKenna, music lover, singer, musician]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24646103Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:00:16 +0000Aaron Tornberg"a sizzling blend of Americana, folk, rock, roots, reggae, and everything in between, that will get your toes tappin', your head noddin' up and down, your mouth singin', your brain thinkin' and maybe even get you dancin' in the aisles!" Ask Kenny...
Ask Kenny Selcer why it is that he plays music, and he's likely to respond as though he was on stage. Without missing a beat, he becomes electric. He speaks of defying categories, breaking down barriers and fusing idioms and cultures. Of his live performances (whether solo or with his band) he says, "It's as though someone keeps changing the channel."

Indeed, Kenny weaves a masterful, fluid thread through genre after genre in his riveting live performances in his solo performances (and with his bands). He traverses the musical map with infectious melodies and unstoppable rhythms. He soothes the spirit, rocks the house and melts into a seductive, bluesy groove. It’s a unique uplifting sound that comes through both live and on disc! It’s an uplifting and transcendent romp through style after style.

Kenny is at equally at home on solo acoustic guitar as he is with a band. He has performed everywhere as a solo singer/songwriter honing his songs and solo performing on the vital New England acoustic scene. He has also led bands from duos to 6 pieces led by his mesmerizing guitar & intimate vocals. Whatever the musical situation he paints sparkling vignettes and visions exploring life’s complexities and wonders. His latest CD is I Simplify.

“Through candid storytelling and inspired guitar play, Kenny Selcer delivers a stimulating mind-body listening experience. Engaging tales of relationship pain, frustration, hope and desire will provoke listeners to revisit thoughts of their own relationships. Listeners will not, however, find themselves stewing in self-reflection for very long as Selcer's lively guitar licks send them truckin' on down the road to relationship renewal.” - Dennis Carlan, Lyric Tree Publishing

"Kenny Selcer has put together an album of memorable tunes and sensational picking." - Joseph Tortelli, Music Business News

"The entire work is one warm vibe that you ride through on the strength of Selcer’s pleasant, mellifluous vocal." - Bill Copeland, www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/

“Imagine David Bromberg, Jackson Browne, early Donovan, Steve Forbert, Tom Petty, and Paul Simon percolating in ...a room. That paints a clearer picture of Kenny’s latest material. Further accented by his own copyright stamp the results are pure pleasure from the opening tune (the title cut) to the finale (which by the way ends with the reprise).” – Craig Fenton, Jefferson Airplane/Starship biographer

“Selcer produces well-crafted songs with a variety of deliveries that makes the album an unexpected listening experience.” – Austindaze.com

Kenny’s latest CD: “This is a wonderful CD! It is an excellent collection of well-crafted songs, sensitively presented. Your voice shines, your guitar-playing is perfection, the arrangements are excellent, whether you are playing & singing alone or presenting a song with one or more of your talented accompanists. I’ve enjoyed the album on a first listen, and even more on a second listen. It’s a very hopeful collection of pieces. The songs go down easily – excellent melodies and chord choices.” Ellen Schmidt, musician, producer

“The most powerful thing I’ve noticed about Kenny Selcer’s album, Don’t Forget About Me, is this: listening to it makes me feel good. Don’t get me wrong- this isn’t simple, superficial music. Nothing of the sort. These songs are songs that tell the truth about what it is like to be alive - facing loss, facing the future, facing our task here on earth: to create a life that is authentic & meaningful. How can I help but feel good in the presence of music that is this kind of real?...]]>5955aarontornberg,folkmusic,kennyselcer,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-62-featuring-kim-jennings--22465308After teaching herself to play piano while in middle school, Kim picked up a guitar after college. The songwriting bug bit her only after several years of playing covers. “There’s something about finding a creative and supportive community that has inspired my muse! The talented musicians in the suburbs of Boston have really inspired me to open up and just let the songs come out.”
Writing at a feverish pace for a woman balancing work, motherhood, and family life is now something she can’t remember being without. “It’s been such a positive influence in my life. My friends ask me how I do it – and I tell them I am actually more balanced as a person now. The hardest part of it all is finding the time to sit still and just be.”
In the summer of 2009, looking ahead to the completion of Kim’s debut CD, she started talking big goals with fellow singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier. The next thing you know, a conversation went something like this: “You have an album coming out. I have an album coming out. What can we do to help each other? And help other people too? And support the local music we know and love so well? Hey, I know…let’s start a record label!!” And so, Birch Beer Records was born.
My Own True North, her first full-length CD, debuted in 2009. My Own True North is an acoustic-folk album, recorded at Humming Lake Studio with Seth Connelly. Getting some traction in the local area, in 2010 Kim won Best Female Vocalist at the Worcester Music Awards.
Her sophomore effort, the indie-rock, band-driven Here Now, was recorded at Bang-A-Song Studios with Tony Goddess and at RockSalt Studio with Eric Salt, and released in 2013. Kim and Eric co-produced Here Now, with an ear towards lush musical landscapes, layered arrangements, and blending and building harmonies – even though the bulk of the tracks were recorded in live sessions. “One of my favorite comments about this album is that it rocks – but it’s still true to my acoustic roots. The songs, the lyrics, and the arc of the story I tell is just as important with this set of songs as it was before,” says Kim. Here Now was nominated for Best CD in the 2014 Worcester Music Awards.
In 2014 , one of Kim’s newest songs, “When We Are Broken,” was nominated as a finalist in the Eventide Arts 2014 Songfest songwriting competition (Cape Cod, MA), and Kim earned an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Solarfest Songwriting Showcase Competition (VT).
2015 brought a self-imposed songwriting challenge: write a new song every week for the first 3 months of the year. She made it work for 8 weeks. She says: “It was a good run, even if I didn’t write all 12 new songs! Writing consistently, trying not to worry over whether or not the new songs are any good, is better than not writing at all. 8 songs is a good start, there’s certainly more writing to do, and all the new tunes need work. But, getting myself to write consistently is planting the seeds for what my next recording project can be, and getting those wheels turning again.”
And, since it’s true that each ending is its own beginning, as Birch Beer Records came to a close, in 2017 Kim – along with Dan Cloutier and Ricardo Barraza – formed The Great Molasses Flood, an acoustic folk-rock band with powerful stories to tell through beautiful harmonies.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22465308Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergBorn in suburban Massachusetts, Kim has been singing since the ripe old age of 5. The oldest of eight children in an Irish Catholic family in the Boston suburbs, Kim grew up listening to the music of Clancy Brothers, Jim Croce, and James Taylor. “I...After teaching herself to play piano while in middle school, Kim picked up a guitar after college. The songwriting bug bit her only after several years of playing covers. “There’s something about finding a creative and supportive community that has inspired my muse! The talented musicians in the suburbs of Boston have really inspired me to open up and just let the songs come out.”
Writing at a feverish pace for a woman balancing work, motherhood, and family life is now something she can’t remember being without. “It’s been such a positive influence in my life. My friends ask me how I do it – and I tell them I am actually more balanced as a person now. The hardest part of it all is finding the time to sit still and just be.”
In the summer of 2009, looking ahead to the completion of Kim’s debut CD, she started talking big goals with fellow singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier. The next thing you know, a conversation went something like this: “You have an album coming out. I have an album coming out. What can we do to help each other? And help other people too? And support the local music we know and love so well? Hey, I know…let’s start a record label!!” And so, Birch Beer Records was born.
My Own True North, her first full-length CD, debuted in 2009. My Own True North is an acoustic-folk album, recorded at Humming Lake Studio with Seth Connelly. Getting some traction in the local area, in 2010 Kim won Best Female Vocalist at the Worcester Music Awards.
Her sophomore effort, the indie-rock, band-driven Here Now, was recorded at Bang-A-Song Studios with Tony Goddess and at RockSalt Studio with Eric Salt, and released in 2013. Kim and Eric co-produced Here Now, with an ear towards lush musical landscapes, layered arrangements, and blending and building harmonies – even though the bulk of the tracks were recorded in live sessions. “One of my favorite comments about this album is that it rocks – but it’s still true to my acoustic roots. The songs, the lyrics, and the arc of the story I tell is just as important with this set of songs as it was before,” says Kim. Here Now was nominated for Best CD in the 2014 Worcester Music Awards.
In 2014 , one of Kim’s newest songs, “When We Are Broken,” was nominated as a finalist in the Eventide Arts 2014 Songfest songwriting competition (Cape Cod, MA), and Kim earned an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Solarfest Songwriting Showcase Competition (VT).
2015 brought a self-imposed songwriting challenge: write a new song every week for the first 3 months of the year. She made it work for 8 weeks. She says: “It was a good run, even if I didn’t write all 12 new songs! Writing consistently, trying not to worry over whether or not the new songs are any good, is better than not writing at all. 8 songs is a good start, there’s certainly more writing to do, and all the new tunes need work. But, getting myself to write consistently is planting the seeds for what my next recording project can be, and getting those wheels turning again.”
And, since it’s true that each ending is its own beginning, as Birch Beer Records came to a close, in 2017 Kim – along with Dan Cloutier and Ricardo Barraza – formed The Great Molasses Flood, an acoustic folk-rock band with powerful stories to tell through beautiful harmonies.]]>5875aarontornberg,folk,folkmusic,kimjennings,music,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-61-featuring-julia-mark--23954892
Julia Mark was a 2016 Iguana Music Fund grantee, spurring the creation of her first full-length album, “Gemini". In 2018, she was nominated for a New England Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and a Boston Music Award for Singer-Songwriter of the Year. In 2019, Julia was nominated for a New England Music Award for Female Performer of the Year. She is currently working on her second studio album.

August 2019: New England Music Award Nominee: Female Performer of the Year
September 2018: Boston Music Award Nominee: Singer-Songwriter of the Year
August 2018: New England Music Award Nominee: Songwriter of the Year
December 2016: Iguana Music Fund grantee
December 2016: EBASS Searchlight Showcase selection
September 2015: 16th Lizard Lounge Main Event winner]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23954892Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergJulia Mark’s endearing warmth and charm has quickly made her a favorite in the Boston music scene and beyond. As a singer-songwriter and pianist, she carefully balances wordplay, wit, and the weight of being human. With the soft-easy vocal of Suzanne...
Julia Mark was a 2016 Iguana Music Fund grantee, spurring the creation of her first full-length album, “Gemini". In 2018, she was nominated for a New England Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and a Boston Music Award for Singer-Songwriter of the Year. In 2019, Julia was nominated for a New England Music Award for Female Performer of the Year. She is currently working on her second studio album.

August 2019: New England Music Award Nominee: Female Performer of the Year
September 2018: Boston Music Award Nominee: Singer-Songwriter of the Year
August 2018: New England Music Award Nominee: Songwriter of the Year
December 2016: Iguana Music Fund grantee
December 2016: EBASS Searchlight Showcase selection
September 2015: 16th Lizard Lounge Main Event winner]]>5479aarontornberg,boston,folk,interview,juliamark,musician,piano,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,ukulelecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-60-featuring-tom-smith--23956231In the words of noted WUMB-FM Boston radio DJ, Dave Palmeter – “Contrary to what a lot of people think, folk music is still a living tradition. It’s a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, people’s needs, people’s struggles and people’s triumphs. Tom Smith is more out of the tradition of say Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton than Jackson Browne or Connor Oberst. He’s a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.”
Barbara Kessler writes, “Tom Smith will make you laugh and cry (maybe even in the same song) – a very captivating songwriter and performer.”
Tom grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a family where music was part of the fabric of everyday life. As a young man living at the epicenter of the folk-quake that was Cambridge, MA in the 1960’s, Tom solidified what has become a life-long love of self-made music. Now a folk veteran of over thirty-five years, Tom performs at festivals, coffeehouses, schools, and concerts throughout the Northeastern United States to audiences large and small, young and old.
In Tom’s popular monthly blog The Kitchen Musician, going strong since 2007, Tom uses his music to reflect on modern life.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23956231Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergTom Smith’s songs are in turns humorous, touching, thought provoking, and inspiring. Deeply rooted in the old-school folk tradition, his timeless stories are told with a voice that is honest and sincere with melodies that you will remember forever. In...In the words of noted WUMB-FM Boston radio DJ, Dave Palmeter – “Contrary to what a lot of people think, folk music is still a living tradition. It’s a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, people’s needs, people’s struggles and people’s triumphs. Tom Smith is more out of the tradition of say Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton than Jackson Browne or Connor Oberst. He’s a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.”
Barbara Kessler writes, “Tom Smith will make you laugh and cry (maybe even in the same song) – a very captivating songwriter and performer.”
Tom grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a family where music was part of the fabric of everyday life. As a young man living at the epicenter of the folk-quake that was Cambridge, MA in the 1960’s, Tom solidified what has become a life-long love of self-made music. Now a folk veteran of over thirty-five years, Tom performs at festivals, coffeehouses, schools, and concerts throughout the Northeastern United States to audiences large and small, young and old.
In Tom’s popular monthly blog The Kitchen Musician, going strong since 2007, Tom uses his music to reflect on modern life.]]>5832aarontornberg,folk,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,tomsmithcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-59-5-live-special-anne-sandstrom-cd-release--23912003https://www.hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast for this special live podcast.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23912003Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:00:06 +0000Aaron Tornberg6:00pm, Sunday March 15, The Hearing Room (Aaron Tornberg) and I will be doing a live podcast. I'll do the whole album, with John Loretz and Joshua Larrabee accompanying me. Tune in to https://www.hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast for this special...https://www.hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast for this special live podcast.]]>4125annesandstrom,johnloretz,joshualarrabee,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-59-featuring-jan-luby--23763646
Jan was voted Female Vocalist 2011, and nominated for Singer-Songwriter 2012 in Rhode Island's Motif Magazine, was a finalist in the Boston Acoustic Underground Series, and finalist in the 2017 Rhode Island Songwriters Association Songwriting Contest.

As a solo performer Jan Luby is equally at home on festival stages in front of thousands as she is in intimate settings. She's performed in coffeehouses, clubs, theaters, festivals, house concerts, jail cells, picket lines and on street corners on both coasts and Europe. Jan has shared stages with the likes of Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, Townes Van Sandt, Lucy Blue Tremblay, Loudon Wainwright III, Garnet Rogers, Cheryl Wheeler as well as Vaudeville luminaries like the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Tom Noddy and Avner the Eccentric.

"Jan Luby was born for the stage. She is as comfortable there as any performer I've ever seen. The audience is somehow engaged by her before she sings or speaks a single word. And when she does step into her performance everyone knows that they are in the presence of a natural talent refined to perfection by years of experience. It's remarkable to witness." - Don White

"Jan Luby is one of the cutting edge shining lights...a completely natural performer with a voice of anger,humor, warmth and beauty." - Peter Yarrow]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23763646Thu, 12 Mar 2020 23:00:02 +0000Aaron TornbergJan Luby is known for her engaging, often riveting stage presence as well as her voice full of passion, range and power. Her songs are evocative, lyrical and infectious personal stories. Her approach to songwriting ranges from socially relevant to...
Jan was voted Female Vocalist 2011, and nominated for Singer-Songwriter 2012 in Rhode Island's Motif Magazine, was a finalist in the Boston Acoustic Underground Series, and finalist in the 2017 Rhode Island Songwriters Association Songwriting Contest.

As a solo performer Jan Luby is equally at home on festival stages in front of thousands as she is in intimate settings. She's performed in coffeehouses, clubs, theaters, festivals, house concerts, jail cells, picket lines and on street corners on both coasts and Europe. Jan has shared stages with the likes of Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, Townes Van Sandt, Lucy Blue Tremblay, Loudon Wainwright III, Garnet Rogers, Cheryl Wheeler as well as Vaudeville luminaries like the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Tom Noddy and Avner the Eccentric.

"Jan Luby was born for the stage. She is as comfortable there as any performer I've ever seen. The audience is somehow engaged by her before she sings or speaks a single word. And when she does step into her performance everyone knows that they are in the presence of a natural talent refined to perfection by years of experience. It's remarkable to witness." - Don White

"Jan Luby is one of the cutting edge shining lights...a completely natural performer with a voice of anger,humor, warmth and beauty." - Peter Yarrow]]>5928aarontornberg,acoustic,folk,guitar,hearingroom,janluby,music,rhodeisland,risa,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-58-featuring-chuck-williams--23738751
Chuck’s approach is typically relaxed, at times sentimental and always confident. He is not a folk artist with heavy political leanings in his songwriting such as Joan Baez, Phil Ochs or U. Utah Phillips. However, what Chuck has mastered is how to pull at Americana heartstrings and tell rootsy stories through his simple and effective novella type lyrics. Nothing is overproduced or played with flash. Chuck has a personable singing style and it's not done to impress but express.

His music has some of the same energies of songwriters such as David Crosby, John Prine, and definitely Neil Young, while not sounding like any of them. There is something here that a lot of people are going to latch on to, especially in these trying times. Chuck’s music does exactly what it is suppose to do.....it reaches emotions in the listener. It gives words to feelings we all share and provokes thought long after the music is over. His style is unique yet it feels familiar.
Rhode Islands Motif Music Awards has nominated Chuck as Singer/Songwriter of the Year ('07, '08, '09, ‘11), for Album Of the Year ('07, '08 and ‘10) and Best Folk Act (’07, ‘12). Chuck has had the pleasure of opening for national touring artists such as Cheryl Wheeler, Jimmy LeFave, Rod McDonald, Steve Forbert, Pegi Young & the Survivors, Kelly Joe Phelps, Beau Coup Blue, Claude Bourbon and Michael Troy.
Chuck was the President of the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) for nine years. He is also a member of Folk Alliance, NERFA, ASCAP and the ACMA.

Williams employs a voice that resembles Neil Young's with the edges rounded-off. There seems to be a proud and strong tradition of folk music speaking truth to power within his tunes. Don DiMuccio, Motif Magazine]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23738751Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:51:58 +0000Aaron TornbergChuck Williams has been appearing throughout New England and in recent years has gone coast to coast with his music. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Chuck has lived most of his adult life in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, moving to the Buzzards Bay...
Chuck’s approach is typically relaxed, at times sentimental and always confident. He is not a folk artist with heavy political leanings in his songwriting such as Joan Baez, Phil Ochs or U. Utah Phillips. However, what Chuck has mastered is how to pull at Americana heartstrings and tell rootsy stories through his simple and effective novella type lyrics. Nothing is overproduced or played with flash. Chuck has a personable singing style and it's not done to impress but express.

His music has some of the same energies of songwriters such as David Crosby, John Prine, and definitely Neil Young, while not sounding like any of them. There is something here that a lot of people are going to latch on to, especially in these trying times. Chuck’s music does exactly what it is suppose to do.....it reaches emotions in the listener. It gives words to feelings we all share and provokes thought long after the music is over. His style is unique yet it feels familiar.
Rhode Islands Motif Music Awards has nominated Chuck as Singer/Songwriter of the Year ('07, '08, '09, ‘11), for Album Of the Year ('07, '08 and ‘10) and Best Folk Act (’07, ‘12). Chuck has had the pleasure of opening for national touring artists such as Cheryl Wheeler, Jimmy LeFave, Rod McDonald, Steve Forbert, Pegi Young & the Survivors, Kelly Joe Phelps, Beau Coup Blue, Claude Bourbon and Michael Troy.
Chuck was the President of the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) for nine years. He is also a member of Folk Alliance, NERFA, ASCAP and the ACMA.

Williams employs a voice that resembles Neil Young's with the edges rounded-off. There seems to be a proud and strong tradition of folk music speaking truth to power within his tunes. Don DiMuccio, Motif Magazine]]>4030aarontornberg,acoustic,chuckwilliams,folk,folkmusic,guitar,singer,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-57-featuring-grant-maloy-smith--23369490
The "Bible" of American Roots music, NO DEPRESSION magazine, raved: “… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”. Grant made his Carnegie Hall in 2018 and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. He will be appearing at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center again in 2020, and he is being inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame this April, at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

Whether he’s playing with a full band or performing solo, audiences are enthralled by his meaningful songs and his sense of humor. Grant is also an actor, appearing in the feature film Oildale filmed in Bakersfield, California.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23369490Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:02 +0000Aaron TornbergGrant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow CountryBreakout charting songwriter of AMERICAN ROOTS music. His latest album, Dust Bowl - American Stories spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top...
The "Bible" of American Roots music, NO DEPRESSION magazine, raved: “… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”. Grant made his Carnegie Hall in 2018 and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. He will be appearing at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center again in 2020, and he is being inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame this April, at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

Whether he’s playing with a full band or performing solo, audiences are enthralled by his meaningful songs and his sense of humor. Grant is also an actor, appearing in the feature film Oildale filmed in Bakersfield, California.]]>5932aarontornberg,acoustic,americana,country,folk,folkmusic,grantmaloysmith,guitar,interviews,musicians,singer,singersongwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-56-featuring-john-ferullo--23408028
I have been playing my own songs and other's folk and acoustic music in coffee houses, restaurants, festivals, bars and anywhere else for about ten years. I also run an open stages in the area where I get to meet many wonderful musicians. My music is influenced by Woody Guthrie, Bill Morrissey, Steve Goodman, Greg Brown, John Hurt and others.
I play solo and sometimes in a duo called "Two Cat Folk" with the talented Betsi Mandrioli. I have a solo CD and one in process and also a CD with my duo Two Cat Folk.

I started playing guitar when I was about 14 years old. My neighborhood friends were mostly into rock and roll and heavy metal so I thought I wanted to play that. That was until I heard Steve Goodman's first album. I knew then that I wanted to learn songs that had content and melody like the songs Steve played. From Steve Goodman I found John Prine and Tom Rush. Then life took over. I finished college, started a family and a career. Sometime in the early 80's I went to a Tom Rush showcase at a local theater. Part way through the show this guy gets up there who looked like a kid in his father's oversized coat. He sang a song about a hobo camp in Barstow. He was a fairly young guy with the voice of a much older, more grizzled, man. Bill Morrissey deserves to be counted amongst the best of American literature. The stories and characters in his songs made me want to write songs so I started learning how.
I started attending open mikes in the 90's and started one of my own in 2001. Since I have done several open mike features and shows as a solo and in my duo.
My music has been described as “about important things with his stories about seemingly small things”. I like to write stories about regular people.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23408028Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergJOHN FERULLO I have been playing my own songs and other's folk and acoustic music in coffee houses, restaurants, festivals, bars and anywhere else for about ten years. I also run an open stages in the area where I get to meet many wonderful...
I have been playing my own songs and other's folk and acoustic music in coffee houses, restaurants, festivals, bars and anywhere else for about ten years. I also run an open stages in the area where I get to meet many wonderful musicians. My music is influenced by Woody Guthrie, Bill Morrissey, Steve Goodman, Greg Brown, John Hurt and others.
I play solo and sometimes in a duo called "Two Cat Folk" with the talented Betsi Mandrioli. I have a solo CD and one in process and also a CD with my duo Two Cat Folk.

I started playing guitar when I was about 14 years old. My neighborhood friends were mostly into rock and roll and heavy metal so I thought I wanted to play that. That was until I heard Steve Goodman's first album. I knew then that I wanted to learn songs that had content and melody like the songs Steve played. From Steve Goodman I found John Prine and Tom Rush. Then life took over. I finished college, started a family and a career. Sometime in the early 80's I went to a Tom Rush showcase at a local theater. Part way through the show this guy gets up there who looked like a kid in his father's oversized coat. He sang a song about a hobo camp in Barstow. He was a fairly young guy with the voice of a much older, more grizzled, man. Bill Morrissey deserves to be counted amongst the best of American literature. The stories and characters in his songs made me want to write songs so I started learning how.
I started attending open mikes in the 90's and started one of my own in 2001. Since I have done several open mike features and shows as a solo and in my duo.
My music has been described as “about important things with his stories about seemingly small things”. I like to write stories about regular people.]]>5679aarontornberg,folk,johnferullo,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-55-featuring-tim-foley--22927070
Inquire about my guitar instrumental CD titled 'Instrumental' and get in touch with any questions". Tim]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22927070Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:19 +0000Aaron TornbergTim Foley is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist whose sound doesn't settle easily into a descriptive box. You'll hear an amalgamation of musical styles he has gravitated towards, which include blues, jazz, folk, classical, and funk. Tim lived in...
Inquire about my guitar instrumental CD titled 'Instrumental' and get in touch with any questions". Tim]]>5468aarontornberg,blues,folk,jazz,music,neworleans,thehearingroom,thetimfoleygroup,thewoodshedpodcast,timfoleycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-54-with-cathy-main--23152806
Singer-songwriter, Colette O'Connor, describes Cathy's music as "Nostalgia with hope." Cathy wrote her first song to Caroline Kennedy after the death of her father, President John F. Kennedy. Cathy knew a bit about how little Caroline might have been feeling, having lost her father at the age of ten.

Her thoughtful tunes take us back, not to her childhood places, but to your own. Cathy's passion is to connect and to understand through feeling and memory. She has a social worker's heart - healing her own through love and music.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23152806Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:43 +0000Aaron TornbergCathy Main is a New Hampshire native. She grew up in Wolfeboro, NH, fishing for hours from the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee. Many of her original songs came from her long summer hours of down time, sitting silently, waiting for a nibble....
Singer-songwriter, Colette O'Connor, describes Cathy's music as "Nostalgia with hope." Cathy wrote her first song to Caroline Kennedy after the death of her father, President John F. Kennedy. Cathy knew a bit about how little Caroline might have been feeling, having lost her father at the age of ten.

Her thoughtful tunes take us back, not to her childhood places, but to your own. Cathy's passion is to connect and to understand through feeling and memory. She has a social worker's heart - healing her own through love and music.]]>5928cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-53-featuring-kirsten-manville--22810341
“With naturally gifted vocal command, Manville explores the intricacies of love, life, and the finer things with a sharp eye on details. Her lyrics are heartfelt and genuine and delivered with just the right amount of instinct and emotion."
- Douglas Sloan, Metronome Magazine

Some People Sing, released in the fall of 2017, is the second solo album from Kirsten Manville, the follow-up to her 2013 release Come With Me. With elements of Americana, folk, country, and blues, the singer/songwriter creates songs that feel like they may have come straight from journal entries. Deceptively simple lyrics paint pictures, tell stories, and evoke a range of emotions. From the pain of finding and losing love, and hard times in a down-on-its-luck town, to the small pleasures of line-dried laundry and homemade pie, and the escapism of a romantic night for two, Kirsten’s warm and sultry voice draws the listener in, infusing the songs with feeling and depth.

“Music, and specifically singing and songwriting, have always been the primary way I have tried to make sense of the world and the ups and downs of life,” she says. “And hopefully, listeners can relate to the emotions or stories depicted in my songs, and take comfort in knowing someone else is feeling the same way or has the same questions or wants the same things. The is what music has always done for me. Plus, singing is really fun, and it just makes me feel good.”

Some People Sing was a Top 5 album pick in the January 2018 issue of Metronome Magazine, and Kirsten was featured on the cover of the magazine in March 2018. The song “...but Down” was included in the Alternate Root Magazine's weekly top 10 in November of 2017.

Kirsten's songs have received radio airplay on a number stations both in the United States and overseas, including WUMB and KZUM. Her song “A Simple Life” spent time in the Top 30 charts (peaking at number 11) of The Globe Radio, an Adult Album Alternative format internet radio station, and her song “Play My Guitar” has been in the Top 20 songs on WOSRadio. In July 2013 she was a finalist in the songwriting competition at the Ossipee Valley Music Festival, and in February 2016 she was a winner in the Maine Songwriters Whittlesey Barn Songwriting/Performance Contest. Kirsten performs regularly in the north east, and has had the honor of opening for well-known folk artists Don White and Joe Jencks.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22810341Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:10 +0000Aaron Tornberg“...rings with authentic grit.” -Bill Copeland Music News “With naturally gifted vocal command, Manville explores the intricacies of love, life, and the finer things with a sharp eye on details. Her lyrics are heartfelt and genuine and delivered...
“With naturally gifted vocal command, Manville explores the intricacies of love, life, and the finer things with a sharp eye on details. Her lyrics are heartfelt and genuine and delivered with just the right amount of instinct and emotion."
- Douglas Sloan, Metronome Magazine

Some People Sing, released in the fall of 2017, is the second solo album from Kirsten Manville, the follow-up to her 2013 release Come With Me. With elements of Americana, folk, country, and blues, the singer/songwriter creates songs that feel like they may have come straight from journal entries. Deceptively simple lyrics paint pictures, tell stories, and evoke a range of emotions. From the pain of finding and losing love, and hard times in a down-on-its-luck town, to the small pleasures of line-dried laundry and homemade pie, and the escapism of a romantic night for two, Kirsten’s warm and sultry voice draws the listener in, infusing the songs with feeling and depth.

“Music, and specifically singing and songwriting, have always been the primary way I have tried to make sense of the world and the ups and downs of life,” she says. “And hopefully, listeners can relate to the emotions or stories depicted in my songs, and take comfort in knowing someone else is feeling the same way or has the same questions or wants the same things. The is what music has always done for me. Plus, singing is really fun, and it just makes me feel good.”

Some People Sing was a Top 5 album pick in the January 2018 issue of Metronome Magazine, and Kirsten was featured on the cover of the magazine in March 2018. The song “...but Down” was included in the Alternate Root Magazine's weekly top 10 in November of 2017.

Kirsten's songs have received radio airplay on a number stations both in the United States and overseas, including WUMB and KZUM. Her song “A Simple Life” spent time in the Top 30 charts (peaking at number 11) of The Globe Radio, an Adult Album Alternative format internet radio station, and her song “Play My Guitar” has been in the Top 20 songs on WOSRadio. In July 2013 she was a finalist in the songwriting competition at the Ossipee Valley Music Festival, and in February 2016 she was a winner in the Maine Songwriters Whittlesey Barn Songwriting/Performance Contest. Kirsten performs regularly in the north east, and has had the honor of opening for well-known folk artists Don White and Joe Jencks.]]>5648aarontornberg,acoustic,folk,folkmusic,guitar,kirstenmanville,music,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-52-with-sharon-and-nick-pangaro--22892178
Sharon and Nick have been together for 46 years and began playing music together early on. During those earlier years, Sharon played guitar and Nick played harmonica jamming together with friends in college dorms and at parties.

Nick’s Dad played mandolin and he's been influenced by greats such as Tim O’Brien, Chris Thile, Rich DelGrosso, and Sierra Hull just to name a few, so it was natural he pick up the instrument about 20 years ago. He's continued to add more instruments to his repertoire including resonator and octave mandolins, guitar, 5 string and tenor banjos, and occasionally bass.

From the time she was five years old through her teen years, Sharon played classical piano. In later years, she enjoyed watching fiddle performers such as Eileen Ivers, Natalie MacMaster and Winifred Horan and was initially drawn to Celtic music. She picked up the fiddle in 2004.

Eventually, she found a real interest in the Old Time, Bluegrass and Blues genres and changed her focus. In addition to the fiddle, she plays the dobro, guitar, bodhran, and djembe.
They began playing at open mics, coffee houses and jam sessions. In 2009, they formed a group with friends called Deep Hole Road. Later, in 2015, they began performing as part of the group Entangled Strings.

They currently perform as Sharon, Nick and Friends, playing as either a duo or trio (and more) having friends occasionally join them. They enjoy playing at music festivals, farmer’s markets, coffee houses and open mics, and have begun an educational-centered program for libraries focusing on the chronology of instruments and various styles of music.

They have been busy booking gigs for 2020 and will be appearing at the New Boston Farmers’ Market on 7/11 and 8/29, the Hampstead Library on 8/3, the Rochester Farmer’s Market on 8/11, and the Deerfield Fair on 10/3. You can visit their Facebook page, Sharon, Nick and Friends, to check for updates to the schedule.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22892178Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:01:35 +0000Aaron TornbergSHARON AND NICK PANGARO Sharon and Nick have been together for 46 years and began playing music together early on. During those earlier years, Sharon played guitar and Nick played harmonica jamming together with friends in college dorms and at...
Sharon and Nick have been together for 46 years and began playing music together early on. During those earlier years, Sharon played guitar and Nick played harmonica jamming together with friends in college dorms and at parties.

Nick’s Dad played mandolin and he's been influenced by greats such as Tim O’Brien, Chris Thile, Rich DelGrosso, and Sierra Hull just to name a few, so it was natural he pick up the instrument about 20 years ago. He's continued to add more instruments to his repertoire including resonator and octave mandolins, guitar, 5 string and tenor banjos, and occasionally bass.

From the time she was five years old through her teen years, Sharon played classical piano. In later years, she enjoyed watching fiddle performers such as Eileen Ivers, Natalie MacMaster and Winifred Horan and was initially drawn to Celtic music. She picked up the fiddle in 2004.

Eventually, she found a real interest in the Old Time, Bluegrass and Blues genres and changed her focus. In addition to the fiddle, she plays the dobro, guitar, bodhran, and djembe.
They began playing at open mics, coffee houses and jam sessions. In 2009, they formed a group with friends called Deep Hole Road. Later, in 2015, they began performing as part of the group Entangled Strings.

They currently perform as Sharon, Nick and Friends, playing as either a duo or trio (and more) having friends occasionally join them. They enjoy playing at music festivals, farmer’s markets, coffee houses and open mics, and have begun an educational-centered program for libraries focusing on the chronology of instruments and various styles of music.

They have been busy booking gigs for 2020 and will be appearing at the New Boston Farmers’ Market on 7/11 and 8/29, the Hampstead Library on 8/3, the Rochester Farmer’s Market on 8/11, and the Deerfield Fair on 10/3. You can visit their Facebook page, Sharon, Nick and Friends, to check for updates to the schedule.]]>5993aarontornberg,banjo,bluegrass,dobro,fiddle,guitar,mandolin,nickpangaro,oldtimemusic,sharonandnickpangaro,sharonnickandfriends,sharonpangaro,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-51-featuring-andy-pratt--22739962Andy Pratt is an American rock music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b.25-Jan-1947). In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records that were appreciated by small audiences, and scored a commercial hit with "Avenging Annie".]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22739962Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:17 +0000Aaron TornbergANDY PRATT Andy Pratt is an American rock music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b.25-Jan-1947). In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records that were appreciated by small audiences, and scored a commercial hit with "Avenging...Andy Pratt is an American rock music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b.25-Jan-1947). In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records that were appreciated by small audiences, and scored a commercial hit with "Avenging Annie".]]>5662aarontornberg,andypratt,folkmusic,guitar,music,piano,rock,rockmusic,seventies,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-50-featuring-eric-snake-gulliksen--22255725
Eric Gulliksen (aka "the Snake") was a founding member of Orpheus and contributes a unique bass guitar style, sound and artistry to the music of Stephen & the Snake. He is a veteran of many rock bands and folk groups, and has been an independent record producer and promoter with performances or compositions released on more than a dozen different labels in addition to those recorded with Orpheus. After Orpheus he worked in 23 foreign countries, been a music collector and archiver, and run a very popular mobile DJ service. He is also a writer, poet and lyricist, and an inventor with 17 patents to his credit.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22255725Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:12 +0000Aaron TornbergIt's the return of the Snake! For the 50th episode, I asked Snake to come back and tell us some more stories, share more music, and generally have a good time. Listen in! Eric Gulliksen (aka "the Snake") was a founding member of Orpheus and...
Eric Gulliksen (aka "the Snake") was a founding member of Orpheus and contributes a unique bass guitar style, sound and artistry to the music of Stephen & the Snake. He is a veteran of many rock bands and folk groups, and has been an independent record producer and promoter with performances or compositions released on more than a dozen different labels in addition to those recorded with Orpheus. After Orpheus he worked in 23 foreign countries, been a music collector and archiver, and run a very popular mobile DJ service. He is also a writer, poet and lyricist, and an inventor with 17 patents to his credit.]]>6192aarontornberg,ericgulliksen,ericsnakegulliksen,folk,music,musicians,orpheus,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-49-featuring-david-tierney--22450274
For a garrulous guy with myriad life experiences, it is hard to say a little about David. When asked what haven't you done? He replies, "Where is the audition?" David has a sea bag full of stories as juggled and juxtaposed as the parts in a kaleidoscope. Every turn of the barrel has brought a new adventure, not always planned, but always embraced.He has achieved balance in life by embracing the extremes. As a cabdriver his favorite turns have always been soft slow rights. In life, it has always been sudden sharp 180's. He calls it,”walking the knife's edge". One of his many aphorisms about life is that fear makes life exciting. After 3 years he left the French Christian Brothers. Dodging the draft for 2 years, at the risk of perjury, he joined the Marines for 5 years. He unintentionally earned the Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while serving in Vietnam. He used to hurt 'em, now as a massage therapist, LCMT in private practice for 20 years, he heals 'em. After his 3rd major operation on April 19, 1968, the day of the Boston Marathon he was told he would never walk again, normally. In 1968 he ran and finished 3 full-length marathons. Then what is normal about David, he who slew Goliath?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22450274Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergDavid Tierney is an author, DJ, Vietnam Veteran, and a host of other things. Listen in! For a garrulous guy with myriad life experiences, it is hard to say a little about David. When asked what haven't you done? He replies, "Where is the audition?"...
For a garrulous guy with myriad life experiences, it is hard to say a little about David. When asked what haven't you done? He replies, "Where is the audition?" David has a sea bag full of stories as juggled and juxtaposed as the parts in a kaleidoscope. Every turn of the barrel has brought a new adventure, not always planned, but always embraced.He has achieved balance in life by embracing the extremes. As a cabdriver his favorite turns have always been soft slow rights. In life, it has always been sudden sharp 180's. He calls it,”walking the knife's edge". One of his many aphorisms about life is that fear makes life exciting. After 3 years he left the French Christian Brothers. Dodging the draft for 2 years, at the risk of perjury, he joined the Marines for 5 years. He unintentionally earned the Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while serving in Vietnam. He used to hurt 'em, now as a massage therapist, LCMT in private practice for 20 years, he heals 'em. After his 3rd major operation on April 19, 1968, the day of the Boston Marathon he was told he would never walk again, normally. In 1968 he ran and finished 3 full-length marathons. Then what is normal about David, he who slew Goliath?]]>68561960smusic,aarontornberg,biography,davidtierney,music,sixties,spokenword,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,veterans,vietnam,vietnamwarcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-48-featuring-erin-ash-sullivan--22384910
“The lyrics are like short stories, each providing a brief, but telling glimpse into a moment…”
-Jim Testa, Jersey Beat

Erin Ash Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter whose music focuses on the power of story to build connection. Drawing from the lives of others as well as her own experiences as a daughter, wife, mother, and artist, Erin’s songs harness language in unexpected ways to show the world through others’ eyes.

In the late 1990s, Erin co-founded the band Edith O with singer-songwriter Amy Speace, performed regularly at New York City venues including the Bitter End and CBGB’s Gallery, and released an album, Tattooed Queen, which garnered critical raves.

After many years as a teacher, administrator, and author, she has returned to writing music and performing and can be found on the Massachusetts open mic circuit. Her newest (as yet untitled) album is due out in 2020.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22384910Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:01:40 +0000Aaron TornbergERIN ASH SULLIVAN “The lyrics are like short stories, each providing a brief, but telling glimpse into a moment…” -Jim Testa, Jersey Beat Erin Ash Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter whose music focuses on the power of story to...
“The lyrics are like short stories, each providing a brief, but telling glimpse into a moment…”
-Jim Testa, Jersey Beat

Erin Ash Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter whose music focuses on the power of story to build connection. Drawing from the lives of others as well as her own experiences as a daughter, wife, mother, and artist, Erin’s songs harness language in unexpected ways to show the world through others’ eyes.

In the late 1990s, Erin co-founded the band Edith O with singer-songwriter Amy Speace, performed regularly at New York City venues including the Bitter End and CBGB’s Gallery, and released an album, Tattooed Queen, which garnered critical raves.

After many years as a teacher, administrator, and author, she has returned to writing music and performing and can be found on the Massachusetts open mic circuit. Her newest (as yet untitled) album is due out in 2020.]]>5779aarontornberg,erinashsullivan,thehearingroomcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-47-featuring-susanna-doyle--21555578
Susanna has always sought to keep out of trouble this way, with acts in the Philly/Southern New Jersey area (James and Doyle, Ellsworth-Federal, Providence), and then in the Boston area starting in the 80's (Silverlock as a duo, the Vu-Matics, and redboxpanic, the house band at her company). All this has lately boiled down to a smorgasbord of current projects: Trusting Fate, then Silverlock redux, and Three Flights Up).

The music itself has been a voyage through genres - folk, pop, rock, a little country-rock, classic rock, blues, swing, jazz, and lately a deep dive into bluegrass and country. A vocalist first and foremost, then a keyboard player, Susanna has recently started a new brand of trouble by expanding to other instruments, notably a...brace yourself...accordion (stop reading now if you feel faint). She can be found causing a ruckus at bluegrass jams and festivals with her partner in crime Rick Cande; together they hit the open-mic stage at the Grey Fox festival three years and counting, and she accompanies him when he runs the Hearing Room open mic. Both Silverlock and Trusting Fate appear regularly at the Java Room in Chelmsford, and Silverlock at the Colonial Inn in Concord.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21555578Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:04 +0000Aaron TornbergSusanna Doyle was "born in the great Northeast of the beautiful US of A," which you can hear more about if you view the recent video of her tune "Black Ice," a sad 🙂 tale of local weather performed by her roots-Americana group Trusting Fate (search...
Susanna has always sought to keep out of trouble this way, with acts in the Philly/Southern New Jersey area (James and Doyle, Ellsworth-Federal, Providence), and then in the Boston area starting in the 80's (Silverlock as a duo, the Vu-Matics, and redboxpanic, the house band at her company). All this has lately boiled down to a smorgasbord of current projects: Trusting Fate, then Silverlock redux, and Three Flights Up).

The music itself has been a voyage through genres - folk, pop, rock, a little country-rock, classic rock, blues, swing, jazz, and lately a deep dive into bluegrass and country. A vocalist first and foremost, then a keyboard player, Susanna has recently started a new brand of trouble by expanding to other instruments, notably a...brace yourself...accordion (stop reading now if you feel faint). She can be found causing a ruckus at bluegrass jams and festivals with her partner in crime Rick Cande; together they hit the open-mic stage at the Grey Fox festival three years and counting, and she accompanies him when he runs the Hearing Room open mic. Both Silverlock and Trusting Fate appear regularly at the Java Room in Chelmsford, and Silverlock at the Colonial Inn in Concord.]]>5780aarontornberg,debburke,folkmusic,guitar,manditar,music,piano,silverlock,susannahdoyle,swingmusic,thewoodshedpodcast,trustingfatecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-46-featuring-sandy-haddon-and-kathryn-kaufman--22109629
Kathryn Kaufman grew up in the Newton area of Massachusetts and grew up around music. She regularly travels and plays harmonica with Sandy Haddon and works at Framingham State University as a lab technician "working with the plants and the animals, and they love her!"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22109629Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:20 +0000Aaron TornbergSandy Haddon grew up in New Jersey singing harmony with her Mom and sisters with early influences including the Carpenters, Jon Denver, Joni Mitchell, and Tret Fure. Later in life she met Tret at a songwriting workshop. And, here Tret has produced her...
Kathryn Kaufman grew up in the Newton area of Massachusetts and grew up around music. She regularly travels and plays harmonica with Sandy Haddon and works at Framingham State University as a lab technician "working with the plants and the animals, and they love her!"]]>6508aarontornberg,folk,kathrynkaufman,music,sandyhaddon,singer-songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-45-featuring-kim-moberg--21581196a classical pianist mother of Alaskan Native Tlingit descent
and a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas.
Music was the constant in Kim's childhood, helping her to
adjust to the frequent moves
associated with growing up in a military family.

At the age of 14, Kim began playing acoustic guitar
on a borrowed nylon 6 string. A few years later,
Kim taught herself to strum and finger pick
to her favorite songs by singer/songwriters of the 1970’s,
but debilitating stage fright kept her from pursuing
her own dream of becoming a professional performer.

In 2014, after a hiatus from music to raise her two daughters
with her husband, Kim set out to overcome her
stage fright and wrote her first song.

Kim's debut CD entitled "Above Ground”, celebrates the achievement of her goal to bring her music out of the basement.
“Above Ground”, produced by Grammy nominated
producer Jon Evans, was released worldwide in September 2017. Kim teamed again with Jon Evans to record her sophmore albumn “Up Around The Bend” consisting of 13 new original songs and one cover, Cliff Eberhardt’s “The Long Road”.

Kim's passionate and heartfelt vocals mesmerize listeners
while her compositions tug at feelings of
melancholy, heartbreak, healing and social consciousness.

RECENT RECOGNITIONS

* 2020 Folk Alliance International Scholarship Grantee
*Finalist Blues & Roots Radio Song Contest 2019
* Above Ground #23 Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Charts
2 songs in the Top 20 Category July and August 2018
* Winner: 2018 Rose Garden Coffee House
Performing Songwriter Competition
* 2nd Place: Linden Tree Coffeehouse
Winter Potpourri American Idol Folk
* 2017 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA)
Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase performing artist

Kim's performance resume includes sharing the stage as opener and/or co-bill with numerous contemporary and established artists including: Jim Kweskin, Bill Staines, Kirsten Maxwell,
Ellis Paul,, Joe Jencks, Vance Gilbert, Catie Curtis, Cheryl Wheeler, Alice Howe, Liz Longley, Grace Morrison and Rod Abernethy.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21581196Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:14 +0000Aaron TornbergKim Moberg was born in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of a classical pianist mother of Alaskan Native Tlingit descent and a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas. Music was the constant in Kim's childhood, helping her to adjust to the frequent...a classical pianist mother of Alaskan Native Tlingit descent
and a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas.
Music was the constant in Kim's childhood, helping her to
adjust to the frequent moves
associated with growing up in a military family.

At the age of 14, Kim began playing acoustic guitar
on a borrowed nylon 6 string. A few years later,
Kim taught herself to strum and finger pick
to her favorite songs by singer/songwriters of the 1970’s,
but debilitating stage fright kept her from pursuing
her own dream of becoming a professional performer.

In 2014, after a hiatus from music to raise her two daughters
with her husband, Kim set out to overcome her
stage fright and wrote her first song.

Kim's debut CD entitled "Above Ground”, celebrates the achievement of her goal to bring her music out of the basement.
“Above Ground”, produced by Grammy nominated
producer Jon Evans, was released worldwide in September 2017. Kim teamed again with Jon Evans to record her sophmore albumn “Up Around The Bend” consisting of 13 new original songs and one cover, Cliff Eberhardt’s “The Long Road”.

Kim's passionate and heartfelt vocals mesmerize listeners
while her compositions tug at feelings of
melancholy, heartbreak, healing and social consciousness.

RECENT RECOGNITIONS

* 2020 Folk Alliance International Scholarship Grantee
*Finalist Blues & Roots Radio Song Contest 2019
* Above Ground #23 Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Charts
2 songs in the Top 20 Category July and August 2018
* Winner: 2018 Rose Garden Coffee House
Performing Songwriter Competition
* 2nd Place: Linden Tree Coffeehouse
Winter Potpourri American Idol Folk
* 2017 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA)
Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase performing artist

Kim's performance resume includes sharing the stage as opener and/or co-bill with numerous contemporary and established artists including: Jim Kweskin, Bill Staines, Kirsten Maxwell,
Ellis Paul,, Joe Jencks, Vance Gilbert, Catie Curtis, Cheryl Wheeler, Alice Howe, Liz Longley, Grace Morrison and Rod Abernethy.]]>5708cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-44-featuring-folkapotamus--21896591
Folkapotamus has released two albums: "Whispered Words" in 2014 and "Middle of Nowhere" in 2017. Both recordings received numerous accolades from folk radio including being named to a couple of top 10 lists for each respective year.
Folkapotamus has opened for such folk icons as Vance Gilbert and were honored to be selected by Wanda Fischer of WAMC to perform in the Folk DJ showcase at the 2019 FARM folk conference in Michigan.

Penni and Tony reside in Massachusetts with their rescue cat Fernando and two budgies Tyngo and Coconut.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21896591Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:22 +0000Aaron TornbergFolkapotamus is a Boston area based folk duo consisting of Penni Hart and Tony Trites. They have been performing together since 2011 at various venues throughout New England, such as the legendary Club Passim and The Burren. Their thoughtful lyrics...
Folkapotamus has released two albums: "Whispered Words" in 2014 and "Middle of Nowhere" in 2017. Both recordings received numerous accolades from folk radio including being named to a couple of top 10 lists for each respective year.
Folkapotamus has opened for such folk icons as Vance Gilbert and were honored to be selected by Wanda Fischer of WAMC to perform in the Folk DJ showcase at the 2019 FARM folk conference in Michigan.

Penni and Tony reside in Massachusetts with their rescue cat Fernando and two budgies Tyngo and Coconut.]]>5871aarontornberg,folkapotamus,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-43-featuring-allison-rose--21418272
She released her debut EP, Hope, in late 2016—a 6-song collection of songs about life, family, and love, produced by Grammy-nominated Jack Gauthier of Lakewest Recording Studio in West Greenwich, RI and Nolan Quartaroli of True Music Studios in Smithfield, RI. Hope can be found on iTunes and most other major digital download sources.

Lately she's been popping up at venues such as NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall, The MET, Pomfret CT's Vanilla Bean Cafe, and Tiverton RI's Sandywood's Center for The Arts. She was one of 4 finalists in the Rhode Island Songwriter Association's 2015 Performing Songwriter Competition and a top 10 finalist in RISA's 2017 competition, a top 10 finalist in the Tucson Folk Festival’s 2016 Songwriter Competition, and a top 3 Finalist in the Susquehanna Folk Music Society’s 30th Anniversary Songwriting Contest (2016—honorable mention).

A classically-trained pianist and vocalist, Allison grew up on piano lessons and choir rehearsals, eventually choosing music as her college minor. Her influences are evident in her artistry, as her vocal and songwriting styles have been likened to traditional folk styles of Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, with a Sara Bareilles vibe.

Allison gives back to her community as a volunteer and board member of a RI-based nonprofit organization, RISING, which serves young adult and beginning songwriters and musicians by providing music education, mentorship, and performance opportunities. She is involved in the CREATORS expressive arts program with PeaceLove studios—a wonderful organization that's changing the conversation around mental health by helping people create connection and peace of mind through expressive arts and storytelling.

Allison is a mommy to two beautiful children and by day has a fulfilling career as a mental health counselor. Aside from music, she is a photographer, and enjoys the ocean, a comfy bed, and dropping a good F-bomb.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21418272Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:04 +0000Aaron TornbergAllison is a Rhode Island native singer-songwriter who is turning heads with her pure voice, heartfelt lyrics, and a solid serving of humor and sass. She released her debut EP, Hope, in late 2016—a 6-song collection of songs about life, family, and...
She released her debut EP, Hope, in late 2016—a 6-song collection of songs about life, family, and love, produced by Grammy-nominated Jack Gauthier of Lakewest Recording Studio in West Greenwich, RI and Nolan Quartaroli of True Music Studios in Smithfield, RI. Hope can be found on iTunes and most other major digital download sources.

Lately she's been popping up at venues such as NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall, The MET, Pomfret CT's Vanilla Bean Cafe, and Tiverton RI's Sandywood's Center for The Arts. She was one of 4 finalists in the Rhode Island Songwriter Association's 2015 Performing Songwriter Competition and a top 10 finalist in RISA's 2017 competition, a top 10 finalist in the Tucson Folk Festival’s 2016 Songwriter Competition, and a top 3 Finalist in the Susquehanna Folk Music Society’s 30th Anniversary Songwriting Contest (2016—honorable mention).

A classically-trained pianist and vocalist, Allison grew up on piano lessons and choir rehearsals, eventually choosing music as her college minor. Her influences are evident in her artistry, as her vocal and songwriting styles have been likened to traditional folk styles of Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, with a Sara Bareilles vibe.

Allison gives back to her community as a volunteer and board member of a RI-based nonprofit organization, RISING, which serves young adult and beginning songwriters and musicians by providing music education, mentorship, and performance opportunities. She is involved in the CREATORS expressive arts program with PeaceLove studios—a wonderful organization that's changing the conversation around mental health by helping people create connection and peace of mind through expressive arts and storytelling.

Allison is a mommy to two beautiful children and by day has a fulfilling career as a mental health counselor. Aside from music, she is a photographer, and enjoys the ocean, a comfy bed, and dropping a good F-bomb.]]>5639aarontornberg,allisonrose,folk,guitar,mushroommusicians,music,singer,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-42-featuring-dan-cloutier--20804089
Supporting local music is another of Dan’s passions. He is a co-founder, along with singer-songwriter Kim Jennings, of Worcester’s Birch Beer Records, and Facebook’s “I Support Local Music in Massachusetts” with over 10,000 fans. As the INsite Boston Magazine stated, “On and off stage one can be proud to be a fan of Dan and look forward to another great year from this rising star.”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20804089Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergDan is making a name for himself as an important live act by selling out rooms in the greater Boston area including the famed Club Passim and The Amazing Things Arts Center. He has also had the honor of opening for such legends as John Hiatt, Richie...
Supporting local music is another of Dan’s passions. He is a co-founder, along with singer-songwriter Kim Jennings, of Worcester’s Birch Beer Records, and Facebook’s “I Support Local Music in Massachusetts” with over 10,000 fans. As the INsite Boston Magazine stated, “On and off stage one can be proud to be a fan of Dan and look forward to another great year from this rising star.”]]>5772cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-41-featuring-neil-dale--21125818The study of evolution has always seemed intellectually stunted to me, and about fifteen years ago I began to consider the presence of cooperation in Earth systems, and have slowly learned that what I had been taught as geology is really biology.
Since then I have been writing and composing music to help spread the idea of the living Earth, and to expand my own awareness of Her.
I live in Bedford, MA with my family. My songs are all creative commons, and are available on you-tube – “Neil Dale Songs”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21125818Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergI was raised in the Middle East in a Foreign Service family. Blessed with an awareness of a larger world than our country, I have always asked questions about humanity. Trained as a geologist, I left the field as too invasive back in the 1970's and...The study of evolution has always seemed intellectually stunted to me, and about fifteen years ago I began to consider the presence of cooperation in Earth systems, and have slowly learned that what I had been taught as geology is really biology.
Since then I have been writing and composing music to help spread the idea of the living Earth, and to expand my own awareness of Her.
I live in Bedford, MA with my family. My songs are all creative commons, and are available on you-tube – “Neil Dale Songs”]]>5882aarontornberg,climatechange,conservation,dirt,environmentalism,folk,folkmusic,greenenergy,hearingroom,music,neildale,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-40-featuring-rick-drost--20143823https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20143823Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:00:18 +0000Aaron Tornberg5621cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-39-with-bobbo-byrnes--20129387

He is a true follower of the Kerouac philosophy of hitchhiking and storytelling. He's been singing and strumming most of his life and these days he's inspired by a Brene' Brown Tedtalk, a Calvin Coolidge quote about persistence, a sixteen word poem about a wheelbarrow, and a PBS documentary on country music.

“It only takes a cursory listen to ‘Two Sides To This Town’ to recognize the fact that an important and essential new artist has indeed arrived.”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20129387Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:16 +0000Aaron TornbergBobbo Byrnes is a storytelling singer/songwriter, a throwback to a bygone era of mix tapes and AM Gold. In true Springsteen-ian fashion, he took up guitar to find himself, and because it made him look cool. Sometimes he rocks with a band, sometimes he...

He is a true follower of the Kerouac philosophy of hitchhiking and storytelling. He's been singing and strumming most of his life and these days he's inspired by a Brene' Brown Tedtalk, a Calvin Coolidge quote about persistence, a sixteen word poem about a wheelbarrow, and a PBS documentary on country music.

“It only takes a cursory listen to ‘Two Sides To This Town’ to recognize the fact that an important and essential new artist has indeed arrived.”]]>5738cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-38-featuring-fatma-2-0--21204609Singer/songwriter of Tunisian origin, I was born and raised in Tunisia where I started my first rock band at the age of 14. My musical influences vary from Tunisian, Middle Eastern, French and Italian Classical crossover, American pop and rock and roll, etc.. this wide variety of genres makes my music different and diverse. Sometime, I am inspired to write in Tunisian, other times English, and occasionally French. I immigrated to the U.S in 2011 and started chasing my American dream and meeting a new type of musicians who inspired and continued to influence my style. I do not like to pigeon hole myself to one specific style because when I write, depending on the mood, it can be anything from indie to pop to ballads and even metal or Hip Hop.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21204609Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:14:34 +0000Aaron TornbergFATMA SALEM-PEASE or Fatma 2.0 Singer/songwriter of Tunisian origin, I was born and raised in Tunisia where I started my first rock band at the age of 14. My musical influences vary from Tunisian, Middle Eastern, French and Italian Classical...Singer/songwriter of Tunisian origin, I was born and raised in Tunisia where I started my first rock band at the age of 14. My musical influences vary from Tunisian, Middle Eastern, French and Italian Classical crossover, American pop and rock and roll, etc.. this wide variety of genres makes my music different and diverse. Sometime, I am inspired to write in Tunisian, other times English, and occasionally French. I immigrated to the U.S in 2011 and started chasing my American dream and meeting a new type of musicians who inspired and continued to influence my style. I do not like to pigeon hole myself to one specific style because when I write, depending on the mood, it can be anything from indie to pop to ballads and even metal or Hip Hop.]]>5689aarontornberg,fatma2.0,fatmasalem-pease,thewoodshedpodcast,tunisiancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-37-featuring-rupert-wates--20804084www.rupertwatesmusic.com/awards).

His music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released nine solo CDs. They have received outstanding reviews in the international online press and tracks from them have been played on radio all over the world. In addition, Wates' songs have been covered by other artists in the UK, Canada and the US. Two full length tribute CDs to his material have been recorded: 'Crazy Puzzle' (2015) by Nashville-based performer Roxie Rogers, and 'Wide Open Heart' (July 2017) by Los Angeles vocalist Susan Kohler. Both these CDs were initiated and funded entirely by the artists themselves, and comprise exclusively songs taken from Rupert Wates' back catalog. Over 20 recordings featuring Wates's songs by other artists were made in 2016, and more are scheduled for 2017 (full list at www.rupertwatesmusic.com/covers).

In 2010 Wates released Joe’s Café, an album of 15 original songs based on true stories, each interpreted by a different vocalist, retelling the stories of ordinary American people. Through them we trace the story of America itself: through two world wars, the Dust Bowl depression, Vietnam and the struggle for Civil Rights, all the way to the present day. Recorded live in the studio in a single weekend, the album's warm sound evokes the welcoming atmosphere of an all-night café, where friends gather to share their stories. Featured virtuoso musicians on the recording include Darol Anger on violin and Michael Manring on bass.

Joe’s Café has been presented very successfully at Festivals throughout North America, and in other venues in New York City and in the southeastern United States. The show won Best Music Revue in the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival. More information about Joe's Cafe is at www.bitemusiclimited.com.

In 2014, Wates joined forces with Toronto-based virtuoso pianist Bartosz Hadala to form a piano/guitar duo called The Nightwatchers (www.thenightwatchers.com). The duo tour Canada and Europe regularly. In March 2015 they recorded and released a debut CD entitled The Nightwatchers, featuring some of the standout songs of Wates' extensive catalog.

Rupert Wates averages 120 live shows every year, in front of audiences totaling more than 3,500, in acoustic venues in every state in America, in Canada and in Europe. He performs sometimes alone, sometimes with his trio or his quartet. He prefers smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music. He was voted an Artist Of The Year in both 2013 and 2016 by the international house concert network Concerts In Your Home (www.concertsinyourhome.com), and for five years running he has been the most booked performer on their database of several hundred artists. In 2018, Wates was a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival.

Despite Wates' British background, and underpinning the universality of his music's appeal, Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange has called him "a prime figure in American music'' (www.acousticmusic.com) and goes on: "This is one gifted sonofabitch... If you're not hip to this guy yet you're missing out."

Audiences everywhere respond to Wates' brand of melodic art/folk—haunting songs that ring true.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20804084Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:06 +0000Aaron TornbergRupert Wates was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He has been a full time songwriter since the late 1990s, when he signed a publishing contract with Eaton Music Limited. In London he worked with some of the best performers in the...www.rupertwatesmusic.com/awards).

His music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released nine solo CDs. They have received outstanding reviews in the international online press and tracks from them have been played on radio all over the world. In addition, Wates' songs have been covered by other artists in the UK, Canada and the US. Two full length tribute CDs to his material have been recorded: 'Crazy Puzzle' (2015) by Nashville-based performer Roxie Rogers, and 'Wide Open Heart' (July 2017) by Los Angeles vocalist Susan Kohler. Both these CDs were initiated and funded entirely by the artists themselves, and comprise exclusively songs taken from Rupert Wates' back catalog. Over 20 recordings featuring Wates's songs by other artists were made in 2016, and more are scheduled for 2017 (full list at www.rupertwatesmusic.com/covers).

In 2010 Wates released Joe’s Café, an album of 15 original songs based on true stories, each interpreted by a different vocalist, retelling the stories of ordinary American people. Through them we trace the story of America itself: through two world wars, the Dust Bowl depression, Vietnam and the struggle for Civil Rights, all the way to the present day. Recorded live in the studio in a single weekend, the album's warm sound evokes the welcoming atmosphere of an all-night café, where friends gather to share their stories. Featured virtuoso musicians on the recording include Darol Anger on violin and Michael Manring on bass.

Joe’s Café has been presented very successfully at Festivals throughout North America, and in other venues in New York City and in the southeastern United States. The show won Best Music Revue in the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival. More information about Joe's Cafe is at www.bitemusiclimited.com.

In 2014, Wates joined forces with Toronto-based virtuoso pianist Bartosz Hadala to form a piano/guitar duo called The Nightwatchers (www.thenightwatchers.com). The duo tour Canada and Europe regularly. In March 2015 they recorded and released a debut CD entitled The Nightwatchers, featuring some of the standout songs of Wates' extensive catalog.

Rupert Wates averages 120 live shows every year, in front of audiences totaling more than 3,500, in acoustic venues in every state in America, in Canada and in Europe. He performs sometimes alone, sometimes with his trio or his quartet. He prefers smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music. He was voted an Artist Of The Year in both 2013 and 2016 by the international house concert network Concerts In Your Home (www.concertsinyourhome.com), and for five years running he has been the most booked performer on their database of several hundred artists. In 2018, Wates was a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival.

Despite Wates' British background, and underpinning the universality of his music's appeal, Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange has called him "a prime figure in American music''...]]>5753aarontornberg,folk,interview,music,musician,rupertwates,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-36-featuring-woody-carpinella--20129383https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20129383Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:18 +0000Aaron TornbergBorn on a small farm in Cambridge Massachusetts, Woody became known for his Rutabagas. Woody learned that by playing certain blues songs, the Rutabagas would begin to excel at math. Once established as the head of a Rutabaga empire, he retired to...5779aarontornberg,blues,interview,mushroommusicians,music,musician,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodycarpinellacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-35-featuring-michael-gutierrez-may--20804086I first became involved in folk and acoustic music in the early 1980's. I have been writing songs since I was 16 years old. I was formerly the manager of Peacock Coffeehouse in Jamaica Plain, Mass. which had an illustrious two and a half year run from February, 1986 to June, 1988. Shortly after the coffeehouse closed, I produced a demo tape of ten songs I had written, performed at some open mike showcases and promptly crawled back into my shell, not ready to do more than just that with my music. Some 25 years later, I created a demo CD of a musical, Tenderness and Joy recorded at Bristol Studios in Boston in 2009. Not much happened with this, but it was fun.
I now have three albums. My first EP/Album, Fifty Miles Away was completed in May, 2011 featuring five studio recordings with contributions from musician friends near and far away. My second album, Carrots, Geese and The Dead Leprechaun was completed in July, 2012 as a compilation of live recordings. These are some of the humorous songs I have written and it is available as a digital download album. The third album, Firefly In a Jar of Emotion is my first professionally recorded album with contributions from several different musician friends and produced by Eric "Snake" Gulliksen, the legendary bassist for the former soft-rock group Orpheus and currently a solo artist himself.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20804086Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:04 +0000Aaron TornbergI am a singer-songwriter who has been focusing on songwriting and collaborations at the moment along with occasional live performances. I have been involved in folk and acoustic music for the past 30 years as a coffeehouse manager, concert organizer...I first became involved in folk and acoustic music in the early 1980's. I have been writing songs since I was 16 years old. I was formerly the manager of Peacock Coffeehouse in Jamaica Plain, Mass. which had an illustrious two and a half year run from February, 1986 to June, 1988. Shortly after the coffeehouse closed, I produced a demo tape of ten songs I had written, performed at some open mike showcases and promptly crawled back into my shell, not ready to do more than just that with my music. Some 25 years later, I created a demo CD of a musical, Tenderness and Joy recorded at Bristol Studios in Boston in 2009. Not much happened with this, but it was fun.
I now have three albums. My first EP/Album, Fifty Miles Away was completed in May, 2011 featuring five studio recordings with contributions from musician friends near and far away. My second album, Carrots, Geese and The Dead Leprechaun was completed in July, 2012 as a compilation of live recordings. These are some of the humorous songs I have written and it is available as a digital download album. The third album, Firefly In a Jar of Emotion is my first professionally recorded album with contributions from several different musician friends and produced by Eric "Snake" Gulliksen, the legendary bassist for the former soft-rock group Orpheus and currently a solo artist himself.]]>5299cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-34-featuring-roberta-lamb--20807698https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20807698Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:12 +0000Aaron Tornberg6178aarontornberg,robertalamb,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-33-featuring-cici-eberle--19977677
Singer/songwriter CiCi Eberle has been playing music since she got her first guitar when she was 10 years old. Her unique style defies easy categorization and is informed by the folk, jazz and classic rock sounds of the last several decades. For too many, years CiCi relegated her music basement, but has recently come out in the light to share her personal journey through though proviking and carefully crafted original songs.
CiCi re-connected with her musical soul in Boulder, Colorado with the folk-rock group Cynova, riffing on the electric guitar over CJ Smyth’s original folk songs. CJ encouraged CiCi to attend Rocky Mountain SongSchool in 2011 and she has since been captivated with writing and performing original music. With Cynova, CiCi honed her skills at numerous Pride events (Boulder, Fort Collins, Kalispell) and Freedom to Marry rallies. Solo, CiCi has a repeat performer at the TDOR events. CiCi also has performed solo in the Fort Collins ,Colorado area at various small eateries and venues.
On her music, CiCi says, "My life has been broken open in many dimensions, I sometimes I wish I didn't have so much to sing about. I especially enjoy the challenge of writing guitar music that adds substantially to the message and the mood of each song’s subject. I’ll let you be the judge if I’m evolving to that end."
CiCi recently relocated from Northern Colorado to the Boston Area where she has become immersed in the local music and open mic scene. Of her recent move, CiCi says, "I've been going slightly crazy with open-mic's here in the Boston area, often attending as many as 5 venues in 8 days! It is really honed my ties skills as an entertainer and my ability to connect with the audience." She is gradually building up a catalog of material and hopes to release her first CD in the next year.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19977677Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:14 +0000Aaron TornbergCiCi Eberle is an inspirational singer/songwriter playing energetic, original, acoustic music encouraging wholeheartedness, gratitude, diversity, healing, mindfulness and joy as the pillars for living our best lives. Singer/songwriter CiCi Eberle...
Singer/songwriter CiCi Eberle has been playing music since she got her first guitar when she was 10 years old. Her unique style defies easy categorization and is informed by the folk, jazz and classic rock sounds of the last several decades. For too many, years CiCi relegated her music basement, but has recently come out in the light to share her personal journey through though proviking and carefully crafted original songs.
CiCi re-connected with her musical soul in Boulder, Colorado with the folk-rock group Cynova, riffing on the electric guitar over CJ Smyth’s original folk songs. CJ encouraged CiCi to attend Rocky Mountain SongSchool in 2011 and she has since been captivated with writing and performing original music. With Cynova, CiCi honed her skills at numerous Pride events (Boulder, Fort Collins, Kalispell) and Freedom to Marry rallies. Solo, CiCi has a repeat performer at the TDOR events. CiCi also has performed solo in the Fort Collins ,Colorado area at various small eateries and venues.
On her music, CiCi says, "My life has been broken open in many dimensions, I sometimes I wish I didn't have so much to sing about. I especially enjoy the challenge of writing guitar music that adds substantially to the message and the mood of each song’s subject. I’ll let you be the judge if I’m evolving to that end."
CiCi recently relocated from Northern Colorado to the Boston Area where she has become immersed in the local music and open mic scene. Of her recent move, CiCi says, "I've been going slightly crazy with open-mic's here in the Boston area, often attending as many as 5 venues in 8 days! It is really honed my ties skills as an entertainer and my ability to connect with the audience." She is gradually building up a catalog of material and hopes to release her first CD in the next year.]]>6202aarontornberg,cicieberle,folk,folkmusic,interviews,lgbtq,lowellma,massachusetts,music,musicinterviews,podcasts,rock,singer-songwriter,songwriting,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,transcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-32-featuring-april-grant--20607835
April has appeared at the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Portsmouth Maritime Festival, and the New England Folk Festival. She has told stories and sung songs everywhere from the Vanilla Bean Cafe (Pomfret, CT) to the Glenfarg Folk Club (Scotland) and The Story Space (Cambridge). Her stage persona has been described as “charismatic,” and her song choices as “riveting” and “playful yet sinister.”

April is a mainstay of singing circles in the Boston area, and makes her home in Somerville, MA. She has taken her skills as a storyteller, unaccompanied singer, and poet to traditional music venues and literary conferences in the US, Canada and the UK. Believing that unaccompanied singing is important in telling the story to be told, she carries whole concerts solely with her voice, though she also plays a little guitar from time to time.

April got her start performing in singing and storytelling settings such as the Pioneer Valley Song and Story Swap, the main stage at the Black Sheep Cafe (Amherst, MA) and the Fire & Water Cafe (Northampton, MA). Through festivals and events such as the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Old Songs Festival, the GottaGetGon Festival (held by the Pickin’ and Singin’ Gatherin’ in upstate NY), and Pinewoods Folk Music Week, April has enjoyed opportunities to hear, meet, and learn from traditional singers and folk revival performers, and people who love old songs. Longtime personal idols include David Jones, Louisa Jo Killen, Judy Cook, Brian Peters, Sara Grey, Margaret MacArthur, Gordeanna McCulloch, Lou and Peter Berryman, Martin and Shan Graebe, Tom Lewis, Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman, Will Noble and Denise Norton O’Sullivan. Please take a break from reading this bio, go and listen to one or more of these people, and come back after that.

In an effort to perform songs no one else has already claimed, April took up songwriting a few years ago, and has been delighted to find that a lot of people don’t realize she’s a songwriter. She tries to make her work blend with traditional styles, so she can gauge her success by the fact that her songs are often mistaken for being traditional. (Mind you, she’s also flattered when people ask whether she wrote the song “The Charming Young Widow I Met On The Train,” which has happened more than once.)

At time of writing, April has made one live recording, “The Lady of Northampton,” a solo concert at the much-missed Fire & Water Cafe in Northampton, MA. She appears on two studio recordings, historical album “Buckskin Heroes: Songs Of America’s Wars Afloat,” documenting conflicts in song from colonial New England through the nineteenth century, and marine biology-themed album “Songs of the Sea Creatures” in collaboration with her mother, songwriter and zoologist Sue Grant (aka Dr. Susan T. Grant).
April is lucky to be in a mother-daughter loop of song inheritance, having first learned songs from her mother. Dr. Grant’s huge repertoire of songs and ballads has been acquired from folk revival performers, printed collections, and Girl Scout singing traditions. Together with April’s father, Don Grant, they have enjoyed singing at festivals, on car trips, and by campfires, throughout April’s life.

aprilcatherinegrant.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20607835Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:14 +0000Aaron TornbergAPRIL CATHERINE GRANT April has appeared at the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Portsmouth Maritime Festival, and the New England Folk Festival. She has told stories and sung songs everywhere from the Vanilla Bean Cafe (Pomfret, CT) to the Glenfarg...
April has appeared at the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Portsmouth Maritime Festival, and the New England Folk Festival. She has told stories and sung songs everywhere from the Vanilla Bean Cafe (Pomfret, CT) to the Glenfarg Folk Club (Scotland) and The Story Space (Cambridge). Her stage persona has been described as “charismatic,” and her song choices as “riveting” and “playful yet sinister.”

April is a mainstay of singing circles in the Boston area, and makes her home in Somerville, MA. She has taken her skills as a storyteller, unaccompanied singer, and poet to traditional music venues and literary conferences in the US, Canada and the UK. Believing that unaccompanied singing is important in telling the story to be told, she carries whole concerts solely with her voice, though she also plays a little guitar from time to time.

April got her start performing in singing and storytelling settings such as the Pioneer Valley Song and Story Swap, the main stage at the Black Sheep Cafe (Amherst, MA) and the Fire & Water Cafe (Northampton, MA). Through festivals and events such as the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Old Songs Festival, the GottaGetGon Festival (held by the Pickin’ and Singin’ Gatherin’ in upstate NY), and Pinewoods Folk Music Week, April has enjoyed opportunities to hear, meet, and learn from traditional singers and folk revival performers, and people who love old songs. Longtime personal idols include David Jones, Louisa Jo Killen, Judy Cook, Brian Peters, Sara Grey, Margaret MacArthur, Gordeanna McCulloch, Lou and Peter Berryman, Martin and Shan Graebe, Tom Lewis, Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman, Will Noble and Denise Norton O’Sullivan. Please take a break from reading this bio, go and listen to one or more of these people, and come back after that.

In an effort to perform songs no one else has already claimed, April took up songwriting a few years ago, and has been delighted to find that a lot of people don’t realize she’s a songwriter. She tries to make her work blend with traditional styles, so she can gauge her success by the fact that her songs are often mistaken for being traditional. (Mind you, she’s also flattered when people ask whether she wrote the song “The Charming Young Widow I Met On The Train,” which has happened more than once.)

At time of writing, April has made one live recording, “The Lady of Northampton,” a solo concert at the much-missed Fire & Water Cafe in Northampton, MA. She appears on two studio recordings, historical album “Buckskin Heroes: Songs Of America’s Wars Afloat,” documenting conflicts in song from colonial New England through the nineteenth century, and marine biology-themed album “Songs of the Sea Creatures” in collaboration with her mother, songwriter and zoologist Sue Grant (aka Dr. Susan T. Grant).
April is lucky to be in a mother-daughter loop of song inheritance, having first learned songs from her mother. Dr. Grant’s huge repertoire of songs and ballads has been acquired from folk revival performers, printed collections, and Girl Scout singing traditions. Together with April’s father, Don Grant, they have enjoyed singing at festivals, on car trips, and by campfires, throughout April’s life.

aprilcatherinegrant.com]]>6149cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-31-featuring-ric-allendorf--20145931
Ric uses music as navigation, discovery, and anchoring. His songs, while personal, feel intuitively familiar. The listener is guided by an ease that is steady and supportive as a mast. Whether performing solo or in collaboration, Ric's playing style gravitates toward unique voicings, percussive frailing, and meticulous fingerpicking patterns that honor his influences – early folk & blues, singer-songwriters of the 80s and 90s, and traditional Celtic and British fingerstyle players.

In late 2016, Ric joined a long-time friend, touring sound engineer Brian Evans, to record his debut CD titled Take It All In which includes eight original songs and one by another friend and collaborator Joe L'Esperance. The CD features violinist Katy Boc of Sparrow Blue, singer/instrumentalist Raianne Richards, drummer Jeff Armstrong, and San Antonio guitarist Bob Charles. The mostly-acoustic songs explore themes from throughout Ric's life, but primarily from 2007 to 2017 when his most significant personal growth would happen. Milestones like the passing of his parents, birth of his daughter, diagnosis and treatment for cancer, loss of a long-held career position in the arts, and the disillusionment of a close personal relationship would plunge him into a deep well of reflection. The results of his inner 'smithing' would be this collection of songs that pay gratitude to his mentors (Take It All In, Open Book), assure those lost in doubt (See What The Morning Brings), recognize losses (Little Wren, Thieves on the Shore, Changing Tide), honor partners and healers (Soldier's Armory), and reveal the quiet hope that lives behind our challenges (Morning Drive).

When not playing music, Ric remains active in the visual arts, teaching illustration at Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston and designing identities for the Cape Cod Songwriters' Retreat, the New Haven Folk Consortium, and the Americana band Sparrow Blue; illustrated promos for Monica Rizzio and the Vinegrass Music Festival; concert posters for the Rose Garden Coffeehouse; and CD packaging for a number of releases including Andy & Judy's 'Reflections', and David Roth's 'Think Twice', 'Practice Makes Progress', 'So Far So Good', and 'Last Day On This Earth'.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20145931Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:05 +0000Aaron TornbergAs a native New Englander, Ric has spent nearly half his life as an acoustic musician, visual artist, and educator. Since attending the first Cape Cod Songwriters Retreat in January of 2014 and finding a loyal community of peers, his music pursuits...
Ric uses music as navigation, discovery, and anchoring. His songs, while personal, feel intuitively familiar. The listener is guided by an ease that is steady and supportive as a mast. Whether performing solo or in collaboration, Ric's playing style gravitates toward unique voicings, percussive frailing, and meticulous fingerpicking patterns that honor his influences – early folk & blues, singer-songwriters of the 80s and 90s, and traditional Celtic and British fingerstyle players.

In late 2016, Ric joined a long-time friend, touring sound engineer Brian Evans, to record his debut CD titled Take It All In which includes eight original songs and one by another friend and collaborator Joe L'Esperance. The CD features violinist Katy Boc of Sparrow Blue, singer/instrumentalist Raianne Richards, drummer Jeff Armstrong, and San Antonio guitarist Bob Charles. The mostly-acoustic songs explore themes from throughout Ric's life, but primarily from 2007 to 2017 when his most significant personal growth would happen. Milestones like the passing of his parents, birth of his daughter, diagnosis and treatment for cancer, loss of a long-held career position in the arts, and the disillusionment of a close personal relationship would plunge him into a deep well of reflection. The results of his inner 'smithing' would be this collection of songs that pay gratitude to his mentors (Take It All In, Open Book), assure those lost in doubt (See What The Morning Brings), recognize losses (Little Wren, Thieves on the Shore, Changing Tide), honor partners and healers (Soldier's Armory), and reveal the quiet hope that lives behind our challenges (Morning Drive).

When not playing music, Ric remains active in the visual arts, teaching illustration at Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston and designing identities for the Cape Cod Songwriters' Retreat, the New Haven Folk Consortium, and the Americana band Sparrow Blue; illustrated promos for Monica Rizzio and the Vinegrass Music Festival; concert posters for the Rose Garden Coffeehouse; and CD packaging for a number of releases including Andy & Judy's 'Reflections', and David Roth's 'Think Twice', 'Practice Makes Progress', 'So Far So Good', and 'Last Day On This Earth'.]]>5993aarontornberg,folkmusic,lowell,lowellma,massachusetts,music,podcast,ricallendorf,singersongwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-30-featuring-the-lied-to-s--20419049On his very last record, Leonard Cohen utters the words, “You Want It Darker.” The Lied To's can relate.

The duo, Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler, who are set to release their new record The Lesser of Two Evils on May 11, 2018, have reason to connect with Cohen's sentiment. Both weathered bitter divorces and were left to pick up the physical, financial and emotional pieces. They met at a folk festival and after the dust settled, started working together. Soon a musical partnership evolved into a personal one.

Both Kwartler and Levine are single parents to two kids each. While juggling family life, music, and their relationship can fuel inspiration for songwriting, it can also be a struggle. “Like everyone else is feeling right now, except maybe the 1%, you just go about your day looking straight ahead trying to get things done,” Kwartler says, adding, “You work, pay bills, take care of your kids, have a relationship, and deal with your past…oh, and we also try to make music.

The new record covers all that.” Levine continues, “While the songs are not purely autobiographical, the emotional truths definitely come from everything we've been through.”
Despite the challenges, The Lied To's have made solid headway as an Americana duo in a very crowded Americana duo scene. Their 2015, self-titled debut album made waves in Americana and Folk radio and rose to #3 on the roots music charts. They landed in the top 100 on the prestigious No Depression readers’ poll and they were called, “…one of the finest contemporary guy/gal duos on the scene today,” by Boston’s Metronome Magazine, who also picked their CD as a top 20 of the year. Add in successful shows at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, the renowned Club Passim in Cambridge, MA and many top folk-coffeehouses in the area, and The Lied To’s forged their own way and made a name for themselves]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20419049Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:17 +0000Aaron TornbergTHE LIED TO’S On his very last record, Leonard Cohen utters the words, “You Want It Darker.” The Lied To's can relate. The duo, Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler, who are set to release their new record The Lesser of Two Evils on May 11, 2018, have...On his very last record, Leonard Cohen utters the words, “You Want It Darker.” The Lied To's can relate.

The duo, Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler, who are set to release their new record The Lesser of Two Evils on May 11, 2018, have reason to connect with Cohen's sentiment. Both weathered bitter divorces and were left to pick up the physical, financial and emotional pieces. They met at a folk festival and after the dust settled, started working together. Soon a musical partnership evolved into a personal one.

Both Kwartler and Levine are single parents to two kids each. While juggling family life, music, and their relationship can fuel inspiration for songwriting, it can also be a struggle. “Like everyone else is feeling right now, except maybe the 1%, you just go about your day looking straight ahead trying to get things done,” Kwartler says, adding, “You work, pay bills, take care of your kids, have a relationship, and deal with your past…oh, and we also try to make music.

The new record covers all that.” Levine continues, “While the songs are not purely autobiographical, the emotional truths definitely come from everything we've been through.”
Despite the challenges, The Lied To's have made solid headway as an Americana duo in a very crowded Americana duo scene. Their 2015, self-titled debut album made waves in Americana and Folk radio and rose to #3 on the roots music charts. They landed in the top 100 on the prestigious No Depression readers’ poll and they were called, “…one of the finest contemporary guy/gal duos on the scene today,” by Boston’s Metronome Magazine, who also picked their CD as a top 20 of the year. Add in successful shows at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, the renowned Club Passim in Cambridge, MA and many top folk-coffeehouses in the area, and The Lied To’s forged their own way and made a name for themselves]]>5981aarontornberg,acousticguitar,folkmusic,liedtomusic,liedtos,music,musicians,musicinterviews,thehearingroom,theliedtos,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-29-featuring-mark-mandeville-and-raianne-richards--20132212https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20132212Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:12 +0000Aaron TornbergMark Mandeville and Raianne Richards are clearly inheritors of a timeless legacy, creating music that is both original and evocative of a rich tradition. Blending distinctive voices and a wide range of accompaniment (guitar, harmonica, ukulele,...6596aarontornberg,acousticguitar,clarinet,folk,guitar,interview,mandolin,markmandeville,massachusetts,music,raiannerichards,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,walkingtour,woodshedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-28-with-bob-familiar--20272043https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20272043Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergElectronic Music and Modular Synth artist interview5978cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-27-featuring-jon-waterman--19977671https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19977671Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:09 +0000Aaron TornbergSinger and songwriter Jon Waterman entertains audiences with a unique blend of blues, Americana, classic rock, and roots influences combined with the storytelling sensibility of folk music. His songs and performances range from expressing simple...5849cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-26-featuring-dan-and-faith--20106148https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20106148Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:01:38 +0000Aaron Tornberg5904cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-25-featuring-ralph-deflorio--19976719https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19976719Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergIn this edition of the Woodshed Podcast songwriter Ralph DeFlorio reveals where his undisclosed location for writing songs is. He performs songs from his CD Daylight Comes Through as well as some new songs. Some of his songs topic include the late...5905aarontornberg,music,ralphdeflorio,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-24-featuring-crowes-pasture--19717450
In just four years time, Crowes Pasture has quickly been making waves with two EPs and three full-length albums. They have been featured on the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Showcase Stage for four years running, performed at Club Passim, and were finalists in the 2019 and 2018 CT Folk Festival Competition. Their music has achieved airplay on over 70 stations nationwide and they’ve been featured on radio shows as far and wide as Tufts Freeform Radio in Boston to the national podcast, Sundilla Radio Hour.

Crowes Pasture has an intimacy about their live performances. The romantic clawhammer banjo playing by Monique and expressive guitar picking by Andy are enlivened by their personal chemistry and emotionally expressive vocals. Nick Noble, host of “The Folk Revival” on WICN-FM, has praised the duo for their “lovely harmonies and a passionate approach to musical performance.”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19717450Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergMonique Byrne and Andy Rogovin perform original music and eye-opening covers that reflect a mutual passion, sense of discovery and celebration of life. Their tightly blended vocal harmonies are mixed with an expressive instrumental style that is best...
In just four years time, Crowes Pasture has quickly been making waves with two EPs and three full-length albums. They have been featured on the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Showcase Stage for four years running, performed at Club Passim, and were finalists in the 2019 and 2018 CT Folk Festival Competition. Their music has achieved airplay on over 70 stations nationwide and they’ve been featured on radio shows as far and wide as Tufts Freeform Radio in Boston to the national podcast, Sundilla Radio Hour.

Crowes Pasture has an intimacy about their live performances. The romantic clawhammer banjo playing by Monique and expressive guitar picking by Andy are enlivened by their personal chemistry and emotionally expressive vocals. Nick Noble, host of “The Folk Revival” on WICN-FM, has praised the duo for their “lovely harmonies and a passionate approach to musical performance.”]]>5823aarontornberg,andyrogovin,crowespasture,moniquebyrne,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-23-featuring-carl-beverly--19632860Warner, NH

Word on the street …. “I’ve never heard anyone play guitar like that!”

Carl has been writing and perfecting his very distinctive and unique finger picking style over the past ten years. Its strong rhythmic backbone will have you moving, and his songs will have you singing the very first time you hear them. His writing is strong, personal, and relatable.

You will likely find Carl spreading his songs at area coffee houses, farmers markets, and music festivals as a solo performer or as part of the trio Picket Hill. Carl has a love of the outdoors and does much of his writing while hiking in the Mink Hills alone or with his greyhound, Beau.

Carl recently completed his first solo CD Ordinary Life, whose songs have made it to CBC Radio One in Canada and local New Hampshire airways.
Listen to a sampling of Carl’s music at https://carlbeverly.bandcamp.com/track/an-ordinary-life

Outside of music, Carl works part time as an engineer designing amusement rides and ski lifts.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19632860Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:11 +0000Aaron TornbergCarl Beverly, Songwriter Warner, NH Word on the street …. “I’ve never heard anyone play guitar like that!” Carl has been writing and perfecting his very distinctive and unique finger picking style over the past ten years. Its strong rhythmic...Warner, NH

Word on the street …. “I’ve never heard anyone play guitar like that!”

Carl has been writing and perfecting his very distinctive and unique finger picking style over the past ten years. Its strong rhythmic backbone will have you moving, and his songs will have you singing the very first time you hear them. His writing is strong, personal, and relatable.

You will likely find Carl spreading his songs at area coffee houses, farmers markets, and music festivals as a solo performer or as part of the trio Picket Hill. Carl has a love of the outdoors and does much of his writing while hiking in the Mink Hills alone or with his greyhound, Beau.

Carl recently completed his first solo CD Ordinary Life, whose songs have made it to CBC Radio One in Canada and local New Hampshire airways.
Listen to a sampling of Carl’s music at https://carlbeverly.bandcamp.com/track/an-ordinary-life

Outside of music, Carl works part time as an engineer designing amusement rides and ski lifts.]]>5900aarontornberg,acousticmusic,carlbeverly,family,folkmusic,interview,louiscyr,music,musicinterview,singer/songwriter,thehearingroomcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-22-featuring-mike-birch--19858550https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19858550Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:01:22 +0000Aaron TornbergFor Mike, it all started on a Sunday night in 1964 ... February 9 ... the Beatles took the stage on the Ed Sullivan show and while the girls in the audience screamed, his parents and grandparents exclaimed about the "long hairs", a 7-year-old boy...5740aarontornberg,acousticguitar,folkmusic,folkrock,hearingroom,lowell,massachusetts,singer-songwriter,songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcast,woodshedcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-21-with-john-loretz--19632816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19632816Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:00:15 +0000Aaron TornbergJohn Loretz, who retired as program director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 2017, spent his professional career educating the public about the health and environmental consequences of nuclear war and campaigning for...5949aarontornberg,acousticmusic,cubanmissilecrisis,folkmusic,johnloretz,lowell,lowellma,massachusetts,music,nucleardisarmament,nuclearenergy,nuclearwar,nuclearweapons,thehearingroom,threemileislandcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-20-featuring-caelin-graber-and-mark-abare--19739750Caelin Graber and Mark Abare - founders of The Hearing Room.
Listen in! hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast.
Caelin is what I would call, a certified creative person. She loves art, creating art, music, writing, poetry, community, and is a champion of the environment. She is an educator, a nurse, musician, songwriter, and a person that is always looking for beauty in its raw form.
The Hearing Room is the seed she planted in the community. She took a leap of faith to launch a venue that has a diverse open-ended array of creative possibilities.
As for myself, when Caelin was cultivating the idea of opening an art & performance center, I was floored by the vision she had, and how determined she was of how to make it a reality. We worked on the idea over all meals, while we both at our “real” jobs, and even while we were out playing music, talking with folks…whatever. To create a unique space such as ours, requires a dedication and commitment that – unless you’ve done it, you have no idea.
We would be driving to cities and scouting locations, asking people where “hot spots” are, and always have our radar up for leads. The internet gave us some great tools to be able to find available space, street maps so we could virtually scout neighborhoods, and by chance, while driving to a patient’s house in Lowell (she was doing community nursing), she found what would become the home of The Hearing Room at 119 Chelmsford Street.
The Hearing Room opened about two years ago with the mission of providing a space for creativity in all of its forms. It was founded and financed by local artists and musicians for local artists and musicians. Its conception is rooted in the fundamental principle that creativity is one of the most distinguishing features of humans; that it resides in everyone and there is never enough of it around. We are a grassroots effort and we seek to grow organically in response to the needs of the community.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19739750Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:00:13 +0000Aaron TornbergTonight on the Podcast: Caelin Graber and Mark Abare - founders of The Hearing Room. Listen in! hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast. Caelin is what I would call, a certified creative person. She loves art, creating art, music, writing, poetry,...Caelin Graber and Mark Abare - founders of The Hearing Room.
Listen in! hearingroom.net/the-woodshed-podcast.
Caelin is what I would call, a certified creative person. She loves art, creating art, music, writing, poetry, community, and is a champion of the environment. She is an educator, a nurse, musician, songwriter, and a person that is always looking for beauty in its raw form.
The Hearing Room is the seed she planted in the community. She took a leap of faith to launch a venue that has a diverse open-ended array of creative possibilities.
As for myself, when Caelin was cultivating the idea of opening an art & performance center, I was floored by the vision she had, and how determined she was of how to make it a reality. We worked on the idea over all meals, while we both at our “real” jobs, and even while we were out playing music, talking with folks…whatever. To create a unique space such as ours, requires a dedication and commitment that – unless you’ve done it, you have no idea.
We would be driving to cities and scouting locations, asking people where “hot spots” are, and always have our radar up for leads. The internet gave us some great tools to be able to find available space, street maps so we could virtually scout neighborhoods, and by chance, while driving to a patient’s house in Lowell (she was doing community nursing), she found what would become the home of The Hearing Room at 119 Chelmsford Street.
The Hearing Room opened about two years ago with the mission of providing a space for creativity in all of its forms. It was founded and financed by local artists and musicians for local artists and musicians. Its conception is rooted in the fundamental principle that creativity is one of the most distinguishing features of humans; that it resides in everyone and there is never enough of it around. We are a grassroots effort and we seek to grow organically in response to the needs of the community.]]>5899aarontornberg,caelingraber,markabare,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-19-featuring-danielle-miraglia--19413546https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19413546Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:00:09 +0000Aaron Tornberg5926cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-18-featuring-david-hardwick--19619618https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19619618Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:00:35 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 18 featuring David Hardwick5928cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-17-featuring-susan-cattaneo--19413702https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19413702Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:00:16 +0000Aaron Tornberg5843cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-16-featuring-anne-sandstrom--19477143https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19477143Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:00:06 +0000Aaron Tornberg6031cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-15-featuring-rebecca-pacuk--19413740https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19413740Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:00:18 +0000Aaron Tornberg5791cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-14-featuring-colette-o-connor--19395021https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19395021Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:40:30 +0000Aaron Tornberg5727cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-13-featuring-kathy-sands-boehmer--19343468From Kathy’s blog:
By day I am a mild-mannered employee in a very big Boston publishing company. Every other waking hour is devoted to promoting music — at a lovely venue called the me&thee located in the beautiful seaside town of Marblehead, MA which is located on Boston’s North Shore. This venue is within the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Marblehead and has been around since 1970! Imagine that! A whole lot of great music has been heard in this great listening room.
I also do what I can to promote musicians that I believe in. For a time I had an active booking agency called Harbortown Music and worked with artists like Brooks Williams, Chris O’Brien, Teresa Storch, and others. These days I mostly just take care of the Pesky J. Nixon boyz and Jim Trick.
I have also served as Vice President of the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA) and the NorthEast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) boards as well.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19343468Thu, 03 Oct 2019 23:00:03 +0000Aaron TornbergListen as Kathy Sands-Boehmer and I discuss her background and her favorite artists who performed at Marblehead, MA’s Me and Thee Coffeehouse. I will be posting the episode at 7pm. From Kathy’s blog: By day I am a mild-mannered employee in a very...From Kathy’s blog:
By day I am a mild-mannered employee in a very big Boston publishing company. Every other waking hour is devoted to promoting music — at a lovely venue called the me&thee located in the beautiful seaside town of Marblehead, MA which is located on Boston’s North Shore. This venue is within the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Marblehead and has been around since 1970! Imagine that! A whole lot of great music has been heard in this great listening room.
I also do what I can to promote musicians that I believe in. For a time I had an active booking agency called Harbortown Music and worked with artists like Brooks Williams, Chris O’Brien, Teresa Storch, and others. These days I mostly just take care of the Pesky J. Nixon boyz and Jim Trick.
I have also served as Vice President of the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA) and the NorthEast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) boards as well.]]>5709aarontornberg,folkmusic,kathysands-boehmer,me&thee,me&theecoffeehouse,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-12-featuring-nick-noble--19299237https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19299237Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:01:08 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 12 with Nick Noble5897aarontornberg,folkmusic,nicknoble,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-11-canadian-music-extravaganza-featuring-dan-frechette--19205125https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19205125Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:00:25 +0000Aaron TornbergCanadian Music Extravaganza5958cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-10-featuring-billy-bones--19121325https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19121325Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:00:04 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 10 featuring Billy Bones5745aarontornberg,billybones,folkmusic,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-09-featuring-rachel-marie--19051692https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19051692Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:00:18 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 09 featuring Rachel Marie5937aarontornberg,folkmusic,musicinterviews,rachelmarie,singer-songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-08-featuring-art-grossman--18983672https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18983672Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:40:12 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 08 with Art Grossman5762cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-07-featuring-linda-marks--18923797https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18923797Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:00:42 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 07 featuring Linida Marks5687aarontornberg,lindamarks,musicinterviews,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-06-featuring-jane-ross-fallon--18860343https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18860343Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:59:50 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast 06 featuring Jane Ross Fallon5858aarontornberg,janerossfallon,lowellma,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-05-featuring-eric-snake-gulliksen--18801592https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18801592Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:22:51 +0000Aaron TornbergThe Woodshed Podcast features Eric "Snake" Gulliksen, formerly of the band Orpheus and now playing daily all around New England. Listen in!5796cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-04-featuring-dave-and-cher-spaulding--18734481https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18734481Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:00:32 +0000Aaron TornbergDave Spaulding started composing and performing as a young teenager and went on to work in the music business for the next twenty-five years, working with many musical equipment manufacturers as a Clinician/product specialist. He went on to own and...5729aarontornberg,davespaulding,hearingroom,lowellma,musiccleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-03-featuring-ric-page-and-robin-bornstein--18670626https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18670626Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:00:20 +0000Aaron TornbergLIve from the Hearing Room5738cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-02-featuring-beth-desombre--18616352https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18616352Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:00:08 +0000Aaron TornbergThe second show features the amazing Beth DeSombre - Professor, Musician, Environmentalist and active member of just about every community of which she is a part!5731aarontornberg,bethdesombre,singer-songwriter,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodshed-podcast-01-featuring-mark-bishop-evans--18603509https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18603509Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:59:51 +0000Aaron TornbergMark Bishop Evans is interviewed. Mark is a regular at the Hearing Room, gracing us with his amazing voice and guitar work on a regular basis. He is a wonderful guy and I'm sure you will enjoy hearing him.5747aarontornberg,lowellma,markbishopevans,thehearingroom,thewoodshedpodcastcleanfull