The Linden Tree Concert’s thirty-ninth season continues with veteran singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey on Saturday, March 9th. Peter has recently launched a new solo CD, “More Notes From Elsewhere, ” which has already received great reviews. Mike Laureanno, our Winter Potpourri Winner, will perform an opening set.
Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur, and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since.
Peter has kept busy with nineteen records, an illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, and an annual autumn tour by bicycle supporting causes such as the Trustees of Reservations. Mulvey never stops. He has built his life’s work on collaboration and an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. Peter folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry, social justice, scientific literacy, & a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art. His music is inventive with roots in rock and roll, folk, jazz, spoken word, and Americana. petermulvey.com
Mike Laureanno was the audience favorite at December’s Winter Potpourri. He is a passionate performer, with songs that are visceral and evocative. He is proud of his routes and many of his songs deal with his gritty-blue collar hometown and the lives of his friends and family. An excellent songwriter proven by his winning the 2017 Wildflower, Texas songwriting contest. http://mikelaureanno.weebly.com/
Tickets for this show will be $25, and for those under 18 are $10. WUMB members receive a $2 discount with their membership card. We accept cash or personal check at the door. Reservations are recommended for preferential seating by calling 781 246 2836. Masks recommended but not required.
The Linden Tree Coffeehouse in its 39th season of acoustic music is located in the social hall of the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 326 Main St Wakefield, MA 01880 Linden Tree Fair Trade Music Local 1000
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