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SONG CIRCLE WITH KIM

MOBERG, ERIN ASH SULLIVAN
KERRI POWERS
AND LOUISE MOSRIE
In her teens Kerri Powers began performing in local coffeehouses Kim Moberg and Friends entertain the crowd with their own
throughout New England. Standing ovations, encores and significant blend of original music
press promptly became the norm and led to invitational
performances at the Boston Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk
Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. All indications pointed THU, JUN 09 | 7:30PM
to her firmly being on her way to establishing a legitimate career. $15
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got married and the couple promptly had a child. Unfortunately her HTTPS://ERINASHSULLIVAN.COM/
partner was less than supportive when it came to her continuing to WWW.KIMMOBERGMUSIC.COM
pursue her music and, as tensions mounted, Kerri was pretty much
forced to put her career aside.
Kim Moberg
“This restrictive situation ultimately caused me to lose confidence Kim Moberg is an award winning singer/songwriter. and self
and question everything about my ability as an Artist. I wasn’t sure I taught, finger pick style guitarist. Kim’s passionate and
would ever get back to performing, but I did continue to write. I heartfelt vocals mesmerize listeners while her compositions
wasn’t exactly sure what the driving force behind writing those
songs was, but it kept me going. Music and art have always been a consciousness.
THU, JUN 2 | 7:30PM tug at feelings of. melancholy, heartbreak, healing and social
healing force in my life. I think most of us could say it has an Erin Ash Sullivan
$20 Erin Ash Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based singer-
WWW.KERRIPOWERS.COM incredible impact on us both personally and on a universal level.” songwriter whose music focuses on the power of story to Louise Mosrie
Fast forward: after raising her son and overcoming the hardship of a build connection. Her first solo album, We Can Hear Each Louise Mosrie grew up in McEwen, TN on a cattle farm - riding
difficult divorce, Kerri embraced her passion and returned to making Other, was released in May of 2021 and charted at #10 on horses and writing poetry. She began writing songs after
“ P o w e r s h a s c o m e a l o n g w a y s i n c e t h e d a y s music. As a result, she released a self-titled EP in 2014 and started the Folk Alliance International (FAI) DJ Chart, with the college while working in TV/radio in Knoxville. She moved back
playing out again. Fact of the matter, the EP was produced simply for to the Nashville area in 2004 and began co-writing with
w h e n s h e w a s a d m i t t e d l y h e s i t a n t a b o u t single “Fireflies” charting at #8. In the fall of 2021 she was
merch sales. Even so, she was encouraged to mail the disc to a host named as a finalist in the Rose Garden Coffeehouse country, bluegrass and folk artists (Donna Ulisse, Mike
r e t u r n i n g t o m u s i c , b u t e n e r g y a n d
of radio stations that report to The Roots Radio Chart. Unbelievable Performing Songwriter Competition. Drawing from the Richardson) and writers. Louise had a major creative
as it seems, and with zero promotion or publicity assistance, radio lives of others as well as her own experiences as a
p e r s i s t e n c e c o n q u e r a l l t h i n g s . I t ’ s f i t t i n g breakthrough in 2007 when she had a fortuitous co-writing
re-acted and the little merch CD landed the #1 spot on the Roots session with famed Americana producer and writer, Ray
t h a t t h e B o s t o n G l o b e p r o c l a i m e d , “ T h e r e ’ s daughter, wife, mother, and artist, Erin’s songs harness
Radio Chart….and many critics’ list of “Top 50 Folk Albums of 2014.” Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams). They wrote the song,
a n a u t h e n t i c i t y a t w o r k h e r e , A h e a r t - language in unexpected ways to reveal the world through
This success enabled Kerri to tour throughout the United States as others’ eyes. Erin began performing her original music in "Doubling Back", for a documentary film by IU professor, Ron
t u g g i n g g r a v i t y a n d a l i v e l y i n t e l l i g e n c e t o
well as overseas. Once again, encores and standing ovations became New York City, where she co-founded the band Edith O Osgood, called “My Vietnam, Your Iraq” which was broadcast
the norm. As an added plus, individual tracks from her enhanced with college friend Amy Speace, performed regularly at
g o a l o n g w i t h t h e s a s s . ” on PBS stations nationwide.
catalog ended up in the motion picture Chuck and both television
- G o l d M i n e M a g a z i n e ’ s L e e Z i m m e r m a n venues including the Bitter End and CBGB’s Gallery, and In 2012, her 15-year marriage ended and her mother was
series’ Rescue Me and Justified. Uplifted by the national and
released an album, Tattooed Queen, which garnered diagnosed with brain cancer and died 6 months later. Out of
international response she then released a second “merch CD” titled critical raves. It is possible that the band broke up when those dark days came some new songs that would eventually
“ M a r k T w a i n - l i k e t r i c k s t e r w h o s e w r y w o r d s , Starseeds, although the Covid 19 pandemic cramped the world wide Erin—who was at the time a sleep-deprived mother of a six- be recorded on her newest release “Lay It Down”: 10 songs of

release, international promotion and the relative touring schedule
d r a m a t i c s e n s e o f d y n a m i c s a n d s u p p l e week-old—forgot to show up at the Bitter End for the love, loss and surrender. On “Lay It Down”, she collaborated
that was planned. Like the rest of her comrades, she retreated to her band’s record release show. In subsequent years, marriage, with folk-rock songwriter/producer, Cliff Eberhardt, who
p h r a s i n g c a n c e l e b r a t e j o y a n d h o p e . ”
home and the studio to regroup, write new material and look to the children, and a career as a teacher, school administrator, envisioned that minimalist arrangements and restrained
future. So get ready folks, there is more to come. and published author took center stage, but in 2018, Erin production would allow the emotional songs and Louise’s voice
- T h e H a r t f o r d C o u r a n t
returned to writing and performing. a stark relief to rest and shine in.
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