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UUCB Concerts for a Cause Features Heather Masse and Jed Wilson on March 14, 2020

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Heather Masse will perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick on Saturday March 14, 2020 at 7:30 pm as part of the Concerts for a Cause series. Two-thirds of the net proceeds of the series will be donated to Tedford Housing and Oasis Free Clinics. 

Maine native Heather Masse is well-known to audiences as a regular guest on the NPR radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” both as a solo performer and as a member of the Billboard-charting folk supergroup, The Waylin’ Jennys. On the show, Heather has collaborated with artists such as Elvis Costello, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, and Emmylou Harris. She has also performed in many venues and with other popular groups such as the bluegrass band The Wayfaring Strangers on NPR’s World Cafe, and at Boston’s Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops.

For this concert, Heather joins forces with jazz pianist Jed Wilson. Heather and Jed met as jazz students at the New England Conservatory of Music and have been performing together for more than 10 years. Heather’s background is steeped in the jazz tradition, which informs her distinct approach to singing folk, pop and bluegrass. 

Ms. Masse has released 2 CD’s of jazz-inspired folk duets with Mr. Wilson. The title track of her first solo CD “Bird Song” won her 1st prize at the International Acoustic Music Awards. She also won a prestigious Juno Award for “Bright Morning Stars,” her latest recording with The Wailin’ Jennys.

Here’s a sample of Heather and Jed performing “Crazy.” 

And here’s a video of Heather on Prairie Home Companion.

TICKETS:

$15 in advance, $18 at the door, $10 Students/Children. Tickets available at the church office (729-8515), Gulf of Maine Books or online at https://masse.brownpapertickets.com/

Find the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/268535224120616/

UUCB Concerts for a Cause Features Tricky Britches on January 11, 2020

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Tricky Britches will perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick on Saturday January 11, 2020 at 7:30 pm as part of the Concerts for a Cause series. Two-thirds of the net proceeds of the series will be donated to Tedford Housing and Oasis Free Clinics. 

Tricky Britches is a high-energy string band hailing from Portland, Maine. From their roots of playing foot-stomping old-time fiddle tunes, the band has progressed into a fusion of original material, classic bluegrass, country and folk rock. A music festival favorite, Tricky Britches has played on stages big and small across the US, Hawaii, and Europe, and they have produced 3 CDs.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $5 for students/children . Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books or online at https://britches.brownpapertickets.com/. 

Find the Facebook event here:   https://www.facebook.com/events/419388215396925/

An Evening with Suede to Benefit Tedford Housing, Oasis Free Clinics and UU Church of Brunswick

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Pop/Jazz/Blues singer Suede will perform at the UU Church of Brunswick on Saturday, October 26th at 7:30pm to raise money for Tedford Housing and Oasis Free Clinics. 

Suede has been a headliner with Melissa Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan and was also Joan Rivers’ opening act. Described as a cross between Adele, Diana Krall and Bette Midler, Suede has performed at sold-out shows at world-renowned clubs like NYC’s famous Birdland, Boston’s Scullers Jazz Club and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. She has also appeared on ABC’s 20/20, NPR and MTV. Her PBS fundraiser, “Suede, Live at Scullers Jazz Club,” has aired on over 50 stations nationally. 

“A great voice, even better enthusiasm, almost giddy delight at entertaining audiences, that if bottled would make every anti-depressant on the market obsolete.”  ~ Steppin’ Out Arts, NY

“Thank you for the most f#!*ng incredible night of my life in an audience. You are to die for.” ~ Bea Arthur (“Maude”)

Tickets: $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $10 students/children. Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at https://suede.brownpapertickets.com/

Find the Facebook event here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/620118098485675/

Here’s a sample of Suede’s music:

An Evening with Slaid Cleaves to Benefit Tedford Housing, Oasis Free Clinics and UU Church of Brunswick

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Slaid Cleaves

Maine-raised, Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves will perform at the Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church on October 5th at 7:30 pm as part of the Concerts for a Cause series. Two-thirds of the net proceeds of the 2018-2019 Concerts for a Cause series will be donated to Tedford Housing and Oasis Free Clinics. 

Cleaves, who grew up in South Berwick, started playing music in local garage bands as a teenager, then went off to Tufts University to major in English and philosophy.  During his junior year abroad in Ireland, he honed his guitar and vocal skills and, in his free time became a busker—a street singer, playing the songs of his favorite musicians such as Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen, He also began to write some of his own songs.

After college, Cleaves became part of the Portland music scene where he quickly built a local fanbase, both as a solo act and with his band The Moxie Men.  His acoustic career took off after he moved to Austin, Texas in 1991, and he rose to national prominence in 1997 upon the release of his national debut, No Angel Knows. He has achieved national success with all his subsequent albums, 14 in all. In 1992, he was a winner of the prestigious Kerryville Folk competition.

Now twenty-seven years into his storied career, Cleaves’ songwriting has never been more potent than on his newest album Ghost on the Car Radio. The characters in Slaid Cleaves’ songs live in unglamorous reality. They work dead-end jobs, they run out of money, they grow old, they hold on to each other (or not), and they die. With an eye for the beauty in everyday life, he tells their stories, bringing a bit of empathy to their uncaring world.

Cleaves’s voice is a clear tenor with a hint of grit. He has combined his passion for folk, blues, and traditional country music into an amalgamation of styles known as Americana.

Rolling Stone called Cleaves “a master storyteller, one influenced not by the shine of pop culture but by the dirt of real life.”

Tickets:

$25 in advance, $28 at the door, $10 students/children. Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at https://cleaves.brownpapertickets.com/. 

Find the Facebook event here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/620118098485675/

Here’s a sample of Slaid’s music:

            Still Fighting the War:  https://youtu.be/1RoVXYKC_iU

            Little Guys:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkNypDA9qQ0

An Evening with Garnet Rogers to Benefit Tedford Housing, Oasis Free Clinics and UU Church of Brunswick

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Folk artist Garnet Rogers will bring his beautiful songs & quick wit to the Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church on September 14th at 7:30 pm as part of the Concerts for a Cause series.

Two-thirds of the net proceeds of the 2018-2019 Concerts for a Cause series will be donated to Tedford Housing and our community partner, Oasis Free Clinics.

At the age of 16, Canadian Singer-songwriter Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full-time working musician with his older brother, the legendary Stan Rogers. Together they formed what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential acts in North American folk music. Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time.”

With his “smooth, dark baritone,” his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Garnet sings extraordinary songs about ordinary people and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humor and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, Students/Children: $10. Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books (134 Maine St, Brunswick), or online at https://garnet.brownpapertickets.com/.

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