small town concert series includes me (Matthew Male), Lauren Agnelli, my daughters Hannah, Olivia, and Georgia; fans of good music; Chesterites & tri-town (Chester, Deep River, Essex) music fans; The Big House Band: Lauren Agnelli, Rodney Maxwell, Forrest Harlow, Bill Calhoun, Emily Lisker, Jon Joslow); Robert Whitmer, our stage manager; Ebin-Rose our friends and collaborators ("Amalgamated Muck"); music fans from all over AND local & not-so-local musicians; fans of Leonard Cohen; creators of really great concerts; Folk music makers; Dave Rave the musician and his music. . . and we accept volunteers to help at our shows, gladly!
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Favorite instruments: the recorder, the banjo, guitar, accordion, bagpipes. . . The music of the Washington Squares; Lauren Agnelli; Dave Rave; Agnelli & Rave; Brave Combo; Leonard Cohen; Stan Rogers; Steeleye Span, Lara Herscovitch.......
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Eclectic sound -- lots of folk, folk rock, acoustic-based, Americana, old timey, some country (Lauren, my wife, plays a wide variety of music and I share her love of muli-styled music!). small town concert series is a really good way of sharing and hearing music that has both a wide appeal and a community conscience!
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“’EVERYBODY KNOWS,’ THE 3rd ANNUAL LEONARD COHEN TRIBUTE”
Friday & Saturday, September 25 , 26, 7:00 PM / Sunday, September 27th at 2 PM $20 suggested donation at door ($15 Friday evening)
THE CHESTER MEETING HOUSE * 4 Liberty Street, Chester, CT **
(Advance tickets available for $20.00, payable to Small Town Concert Series.
Call Matthew at Small Town Concert Series for info: 860-526-4777 or email malematthew@comcast.net www.myspace.com/smalltownconcertseries )
Featured Artists to include:
Lauren Agnelli, Dave Rave, Marni Rice, Ebin-Rose, Rodney Maxwell,
Forrest Harlow, Chris Listorti, Margie Warner (emcee),
the STCS Big House Band (welcoming drummer Jon Joslow of A Klez Act), & more
August 4, 2009 – Chester, CT: For the third year in a row, following a string of sold out successes, The Small Town Concert Series presents another musical tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen, with proceeds to benefit the Chester Library and STCS. In response to the huge success of the concerts from previous years, there will be three shows this year, again at the Chester Meeting House: Friday, September 25th, and Saturday, September 26th, 2009, both starting at 7:00 PM – and on Sunday, September 27th, at 2:00 PM, an added special performance to be filmed and recorded. Local and international talent is featured; it will be a family-friendly event; potluck refreshments are appreciated and will be served during an intermission halfway through the show.
At Small Town Concert Series, they know how dedicated Cohen’s fans are: “Because, for us, they are the easiest show to sell. Tickets have been sold to fans from as far away as California, with others sold to folks from RI, NY, MA and NJ.” Everybody has a great time, and so, buy your tickets early and get ready for another excellent series of tributes to the author of “Suzanne,” “Hallelujah,” “I’m Your Man,” and “Everybody Knows.”
For more information, email or call: malematthew@comcast.net or 860-526-4777.
“I love to hear my songs by anyone else but me. My critical faculties go into suspension. I don't wonder 'Do I like it?' -I LOVE IT!!!” - Leonard Cohen (from the website http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com)---------------------------------------------------------------------
Get your tickets early,so I don't have to put up more posters than I have to!
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Recent Past shows: 2009 -- July 10th & 11th, the FIRST CHESTER FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL featured 22 local and 6 International or non-local performers at the first annual local Chester Music Festival that we hope to keep running and keep free but get sponsors for so that we can make it bigger and also pay the musicians and organizers! Let us know if you want to help with that!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Best of all, the focus for the Chester Music Festival was on original songwriting, by the performers.------------------------------------------------------------------
“I’ve always wanted to feature local musicians in a great venue to the community in a free music festival,” STCS co-founder Matthew Male says, “And this Chester Music Festival will be a real litmus test for whether Chester’s ready for music festival that we can grow, organically, mostly from home grown songs and talent!” --------------------------------------
-----------------------------------June 12 & 13th 2009 at Chester Meeting House - It's STCS performing the songs of the Canadian Invasion -- songs of Northern songwriters, including Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, the McGarrigles, Dave Rave -- with a few surprises thrown in. One night we are benefiting the Chester Library, and one night we'll be raising funds to buy a sound board which we sorely need to keep in production! Featured performers include Dave Rave, Lauren Agnelli, The Moving Target Jazz Band, Ebin Rose, Roadside Manor, Rodney Maxwell, FOrrest Harlow, Lisa Rich. . . and John Gavin. BTW, thank you for making our shows in February, the Songs of Johnny Cash & the Carter Family -- so successful!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Check out this video of our Band Leader Lauren Agnelli performing with the Beach Boys on Stage www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SQYP7wtpk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last year, we were involved in 16 great shows,with special guest performers, including Dave Rave, Lara Herscovitch, Say What?, George Morgio, the Bedsit Poets, Margie Warner, Ebin Rose, Moving Target Jazz Band, Kierstin Sieser, Chris Listorti, Josi Wails, Linda Clifford, Becca Atkins, Dick Pape, Eric and Sandra Lauren Lichter, Will DeSol. . . and of course the wonderful Small Town Concert Series Big House Band (Bill, Emily, Jon, Hans, Rodney, Forrest, Lauren & Matthew). -------------------------------------------------------Here's a list of the 2008 STCS shows: ------------------------------------ Kiss of Fire/Winter Magic.....................2/09 and 2/10 (Chester Meeting House – CMH) / Everybody’s Diggin’ Joni................3/29 and 3/30 (CMH) / Joni/Dylan Tribute................5/25 outdoors (Chamard Vineyards) / "Parade of Songs" Memorial Day......................5/26 outdoors (CMH gazebo) / Pre-Mem Day Parade warmup.......................5/26 outdoors at flagpole / Carry On – CSNY tribute..........................6/28 and 6/29 (CMH) / British Invasion ...................7/06 outdoors (rain date – Chamard) / SAMS at Sailfest - LA & friends...................7/16 outdoors (Hygienic Art Park – NL) / Ivoryton Parks & Rec – LA & friends................8/27 outdoors (Ivoryton Green) / Ecofest in Chester – STCS group......................9/30 outdoors / LA & friends at the Ivory...............10/04 in Deep River (the Ivory) / Leonard Cohen Tribute 2....................10/17 and 10/18 (CMH) /
LA & friends/STCS for BCHH....................10/31 (Bank St. Café, New London)
/ Jams for Cans (Lauren Agnelli & Dave Rave, Matthew Male)...........11/08 (Face Arts, Deep River) / Forgotten Felines (Lauren Agnelli & Dave Rave, Matthew Male)......................11/08 (Clinton Country Club) / Songs of the Season – Thank You.................12/06 (CMH) / Shoreline Soup Kitchen Benefit...................12/14 (Clinton Town Hall auditorium)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks all who came to these shows -- especially considering that most of them were sold out, full house events. We all had so much fun . .. at every show, everyone worked so hard on thier songs and it showed- the crowd loved it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e-mail: malematthew@comcast.net -----------------------------------------(Thank you all for a wonderful year in 2007, too:
December 8 2007-Shoreline Women Digging Dylan--SOLD OUT
September 15, A Musical Tribute To Leonard Cohen--SOLD OUT
June 2007-Variety Show
April 2007 "SONGS in the KEY of PEACE" Old Lyme
Feb 09 2007 Musical Variety Show)
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Location: The Old Chester Meeting House, 4 Liberty Street, Chester, CT email me, here or at malematthew@comcast.net!).
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“The small town concert series is committed to providing top quality in wide-appeal entertainment in local venues from large talent near and far at affordable prices. Our first choice of talent, however, would come from local musicians, as we believe they can too often be an overlooked treasure. We are dedicated to supporting our community with our efforts, and seek continuous improvement as both concert organizers and fundraisers. . . wherever (the talent’s) found, we can have it here, to benefit our small town.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This year, we plan on presenting shows with songs that you know along with orginal songs inspired by that music from the performers. We hope it works as well in life as it does in concept! We are going to have a couple of "geographical" theme shows (tribute to songwriters of Canada in June, and maybe to NY in December -- we'll see about that one!). . . Anyway, I'm Matthew Male; Lauren Agnelli, and I have started this new concert series in our small town of Chester, CT. We'd love for you to come by and check out one (or all) of our shows! We love music, food, the water, the great outdoors, and. . . a good concert! We are starting small, but already have a few events under our belt that we're proud of, and want to do more (we plan to!). Get in touch with us, please, and come to our shows -- SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICANS and peace to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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This Friday, Dec 4, We're playing at Theodores, 201 Worthington Ave, Springfield, Mass Strangers Helping Stranger is collecting non-perishable food donations & or school supplies for children: Please Bring a Donation!! This Saturday Dec 5, We are playing at JC Hooks Cafe, 550 Chase Ave, Waterbury, Ct This a nice, large venue, check us out!
Sounds good! Thanks for befriending me and Paint It Black. Hope you like it. Wish you success and inspiration with your music, and many delights. all best, Janet F.
Last night was great fun, as always. Tell Lauren Rose and I spent the morning playing 'Washington Square' videos on Youtube and really dug them. Lauren has cool down pat, she rocks. B-
Hi Matt - Rose and I had a great time this weekend, your beat box rocks. You put on another great show, two sold out nights! Thanks for all of you and Lauren's hard work. Rose and I are glad all over to be a part of it.
