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HOUSE OF HAMILL CHELSEA BERRY
THU, NOV 09 @ 7:30PM THU, NOV 16 @ 7:30PM
$15 $15
Pennsylvania-based House of Hamill is a fixture on festival
stages across the US, and have shared their music and stories Great, talented, beautiful … her future is so bright you’re gonna have
on the country’s premier folk stages. Their version of “Pound to wear shades.” – Chris Smither
a Week Rise” rose to #1 on the US Folk DJ charts, and the Chelsea Berry is a commanding and compelling performer, with FALL 20223
video for their all-violin cover of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” masterful vocals that evoke the style of artists such as Eva
amassed over 16 million views on Facebook, where it was Cassidy, KD Lang, and Sara Bareilles. She is an avid and
shared over 400,000 times. Their latest release, “Folk Hero,” accomplished recording artist; she has released 10 original
captures perfectly the frenetic energy and eclecticism of albums over her 25 year career as well as collaborated on
their always engaging live show. A lively collection of original projects with dozens of other writers and performers. Her
instrumentals, reimagined folk ballads, and new songs that music is played regularly on Sirius XM’s The Loft and has been
showcase the trio’s versatility, “Folk Hero” is the third House featured on local radio and TV stations from Modesto to
of Hamill album to be funded entirely by their fans. Manhattan.
Whether they’re ripping through a set of original jigs and
reels, adding lush three-part harmonies into traditional folk
ballads, or cracking up an audience with stories from the BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN
road, House of Hamill puts on a show that captivates
audiences from the very first note. FRI, NOV 17 @ 8PM
$32
Beth Nielsen Chapman‘s diverse body of work spans fifteen albums and
ANTHONY GERACI & THE seven #1 hits, including compositions that have been recorded by Elton

BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS John, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bette Midler, Willie
FRI, NOV 10 @ 8PM Nelson, Neil Diamond, the Indigo Girls, and Keb Mo’ and her music has
been featured in film and TV.
$25
Anthony Geraci wins the 2023 Blues Music Award for Beth’s latest album, produced by Ray Kennedy, is called “CrazyTown”
Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award from and was internationally released September 23rd, 2022 on Cooking
the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. Anthony Geraci’s Vinyl.
Seventeen Blues Music Awards nominations reflects four
decades of musical excellence both in studio and onstage.
Anthony won the Award in 2021 too. His band The Boston
Blues All-Stars were nominated for Band of the Year in MATT SCHOFIELD
2019, 2021 and 2023. SAT, NOV 18 @ 8PM
$33
GABE STILLMAN British born and now US-based, Matt Schofield continues to push
SAT, NOV 11 @ 8PM the frontiers and reshape the boundaries of the British Blues
$26 tradition. A multi-award winning guitar virtuoso, singer,
songwriter, producer and band leader, after more than 30 years of
Gabe Stillman and his band hit the stage in high gear as they performing, and 20 years into his solo career, Schofield’s impact
embrace all corners of American Roots Music with their as one of the most influential and distinctive guitarists of his
impromptu selection of original gems and carefully chosen generation is unquestionable.
covers. Since landing in the final 8 of the 35th Annual
International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, and further Along with a storied career that has taken him and his band to
honored as the recipient of the Gibson Guitar Award, Gabe nearly 30 countries worldwide comes awards, industry and
and his band have been focused on expanding their footprint critical acclaim – three time “British Blues Guitarist of the Year”,
on a national and international level. A graduate of Boston’s “British Blues Album of the Year” and the first guitarist inducted
Berklee College of Music, Gabe’s honors include an invitation into the “British Blues Awards Hall of Fame”. Mojo Magazine
to support ZZ Top at the Key West Amphitheater; he was a “Blues Album of the Year” and Guitar & Bass Magazines “Top Ten
Blues Music Award nominee in the Best New Emerging Artist British Blues Guitarist of All Time” alongside Eric Clapton and
Album category; and in March The Gabe Stillman Band was Peter Green.
selected as the Best Blues Band by the 3rd Annual Central PA Matt’s upcoming record reunites him with his original and much
Music Awards. loved organ trio line-up, to mark the 20th anniversary of the
album and band that launched his solo career.
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