The Strangelings March 14, 2008

THE STRANGELINGS

at the Me&Thee Coffeehouse

Unitarian Universalist Church

28 Mugford St., Marblehead

14 March 2008 8:30 pm

Tickets by phone: 781-631-8987

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The Strangelings are Maura and Pete Kennedy, Chris Thompson, Rebecca Hall, Ken Anderson, Cheryl Prashker and Eric Lee. Maura and Pete always loved the Celtic flavored rock of the 60s and 70s. When they found that they shared that fascination with three of their friends, alt-folk musicians Ken Anderson and Rebecca Hall and songstress Chris Thompson, an idea was born. Why not form their own group to explore a new way to present the music they loved? The Strangelings sprang to life. Cheryl Prashker has recently joined the group on drums, and newest member, 19-year old Eric Lee, was discovered playing his fiddle at a campsite at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. By that Saturday night, Eric was playing with The Strangelings on the mainstage, and has since become an official member of the band.

Maura and Pete, long-time veterans of the folk and pop scenes and former members of Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra, are featured on a number of that group’s CDs. Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson are, like the Kennedys, a husband and wife duo, who have devoted their lives to their music, touring the nation from coast to coast, delighting audiences with their own brand of self-described “retro-folk.” Chris Thompson, vocalist and guitarist, has been an exciting fixture on the Boston scene for a number of years, performing at the city’s top venues, including the Somerville theatre and historic Club Passim. Her songs are a regular fixture on WUMB, the folk powerhouse station of New England, and her song “Clearwater” is one of the anthems of the annual Clearwater festival on the Hudson River. The addition of master percussionist Cheryl Prashker and young violin sensation Eric Lee has given the group a big, stage-filling sound that reached to the far corners of the biggest festival site.

The music consists of a haunting electric sitar, a fiddler on fire, and, floating above it all, the ethereal voices of three women in gorgeous harmony, all blended into an alchemical potion of myth yoked to deep percussive grooves. Think vintage Fairport Convention fronted by strong female harmonies. The songs: Trad to Neo-Trad. In the final sum, however, it all comes down to the luminous blend of the three women in harmony . . . This is The Strangelings.

$18.00

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The reviewers say:

"Sensational, transcendent, beautiful, the perfect Saturday night closer in every way. Truly astonishing."
--Falcon Ridge Producer and Creative Director Ann Saunders

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The Strangelings's website:

Official Website: http://meandthee.org