May 2024 Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US tour!
Next week I'm embarking on a short tour of the Mid-Atlantic and New England, playing some sweet venues I haven't been to before. And I'm thrilled that two artists I admire tremendously will be joining me on those shows.
Jean Rohe is a songwriter of unusual thoughtfulness, tackling fraught subjects with such tenderness and curiosity and wisdom. I adore her duo project with Liam Robinson, Robinson & Rohe, as well as her new memoir-musical 74 Corridor, telling the story of her father through NJ Transit bus stops. We'll be playing the May 8-11 Mid-Atlantic shows together.
Amber Rubarth is a dear friend who's always, in her quiet gentle way, shown what being an artist is really about: honing your craft, creating magical spaces for people, turning toward rather than away from the work that needs doing in the world, doing it all on your own terms. Her new album, Cover Crop, encapsulates that ethos: a collection of cover songs about our inter/dis-connection with nature, as well as a project to help communities forge new relationships with their local farms. She'll join me on the May 17-21 New England run.
I hope you'll come out to see me and these excellent humans, and bring a friend or two. Looking forward to seeing you!
With Jean Rohe:
- Wed 8 May @ 19:30 EDT - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
- Thu 9 May @ 19:30 EDT - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head On Stage
- Fri 10 May @ 20:00 EDT - Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theater
- Sat 11 May @ 19:30 EDT - Avenel, NJ - The Avenel Performing Arts Center
With Amber Rubarth:
- Fri 17 May @ 20:00 EDT - Marblehead, MA - Me&Thee Music
- Sat 18 May @ 20:00 EDT - Shirley, MA - The Bull Run
- Sun 19 May @ 19:30 EDT - Bath, ME - The Chocolate Church
- Mon 20 May @ 19:00 EDT - Exeter, NH - The Word Barn
- Tue 21 May @ 19:00 EDT - Exeter, NH - The Word Barn
Photo by Karen Shih.
PRE-SHOW GET-OUT-THE-VOTE FUN
When doors open before each of these shows, instead of staying cloistered backstage, I'll be hosting an open "civic happy hour" with a couple of easy, high-impact activities for making a difference in this election year. Here's a peek at what we'll be up to if you're curious. Do one, two, or all of them with me, and we'll snap a pic together to commemorate!
I know: just thinking about politics right now can be exhausting or infuriating. But as with my climate action workshops, my goal is for you to say "Oh, that felt good to do, and not at all depressing!" My attitude these days is: yes, things are bad. But things are also always, always changing. And sometimes the biggest shifts are happening invisibly, non-linearly, nudged into being by surprisingly ordinary people. The ending of this story is yet unwritten. Come write with me.
