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PRESS RELEASE / PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2008
BIGGEST-EVER FALCON RIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL "MOST WANTED ARTISTS" TOUR COMES TO PROVINCETOWN TO BENEFIT WOMR
CONTACT: Dave Myers, Executive Director, 508-487-2619 / dave@womr.org
Provincetown, MA
The 23-city Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Preview Tour comes to the WOMR Schoolhouse (494 Commercial Street, Provincetown) on Monday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. in a benefit concert for the Cape’s only community radio station. The concert will feature three "emerging artists" who were voted "most wanted to return" by 2007 festival attendees: performing songwriters Lindsay Mac, Joe Crookston and Randall Williams.
"The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Preview Tour will highlight talented singer/songwriters with very distinctive styles," said Anne Saunders, Falcon Ridge Artistic Director. "Each show will be different, with its own unique dynamic…[allowing] fans to experience the music of Lindsay Mac, Joe Crookston and Randall Williams in a wonderfully intimate way."
The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, which ranks among America's largest and most prestigious music festivals, will celebrate its 20th anniversary year with a 23-show preview tour at venues ranging from legendary coffee houses Caffe Lena and Godfrey Daniels to acclaimed theaters and house concert series, including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and Fox Run. The WOMR performance is the tour’s only stop on the Cape.
Tickets are $12 at the door, and $10 in advance or with a WOMR member card. They can be purchased at the door, or in advance by calling the WOMR business office during weekday business hours at 508-487-2619.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Lindsay Mac
In February 2006, singer and cellist Lindsay Mac was featured on the cover of Strings magazine, rightfully taking her place as a true original in transforming a traditional instrument and raising it to new heights.
Classically trained at the Royal College of Music in London, The San Francisco Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music, Mac is characterized by her combination of plucking the cello and standing while performing. She holds the cello like a guitar and sings original songs in the folk/jazz tradition. In her pioneering ways she succeeds in creating a sound that is groundbreaking and compelling. 2007 saw Mac as a Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist and a subsequent winner of Most Wanted To Return for 2008. In 2007, Mac was also a New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival and performed at NXNE, Folkwest's Independent Music Festival, Club Passim's Cutting Edge of the Campfire Festival, the Connecticut Folk Festival and more. She has opened for KD Lang at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion, Catie Curtis, Glen Phillips, and Girlyman among others. Mac is revolutionizing the way we think about the cello while expanding the definition of the folk/singer-songwriter. More on Lindsay Mac can be found at: http://www.lindsaymac.com/"www.lindsaymac.com.
Joe Crookston
Now living in Ithaca, NY, Joe Crookston was born in rural Ohio in a family of Hungarians. Polkas, accordions and eastern European food infused more than a little bit of gypsy into his upbringing. Goodhearted, artful and intense, his music is imaginative, extremely engaging, and draws deeply from his rural roots and his many urban adventures. Joe was recently awarded a year-long songwriting grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to travel throughout New York State, interview local residents, gather stories and write songs based on his experiences. Many of these songs have just been released on his new (2008) CD, "Able Baker Charlie & Dog". His 2004 release, "Fall Down as the Rain" was chosen by Performing Songwriter Magazine as a "TOP-12-Do-It-Yourself" independent recording, and was featured on National Public Radio's "All Songs Considered." Rodger Nichols of The Dalles Oregon Chronicle wrote, "This is not just reviewer's hype...This guy is flat out good." For more information about Joe visit: http://www.joecrookston.com/"www.joecrookston.com.
Randall Williams
Known for his poignant storytelling and captivating guitar work - which can be heard on his January 2008 CD release, Praying For Land - Randall Williams has performed in more than 35 countries and is as much at home in a Senegalese village as he is at the Kennedy Center or an intimate house concert in New Jersey. After graduating from the Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium, Williams realized that he yearned to bridge the divide between performer and audience that he often felt in formal stage settings. Armed with his guitar, he has been a traveling troubadour ever since. Randall has been a finalist in the Founder's Title and Mid-Atlantic Song Contests, a regional finalist at Kerrville Folk Festival, a showcase artist at the Northeast and Midwest Folk Alliance, and at the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, and an Audience Favorite at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. As the Partial Capo Guy, Randall has written two books for Hal Leonard, recorded a DVD for Kyser Musical Products and given workshops at some of the biggest music festivals in United States. More information on Randall can be found online at: http://www.whereisrandall.com/"www.whereisrandall.com.
The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, honored in February as Folk Festival of the Year at the International Folk Alliance Conference, will be held on July 24-27 at Dodd's Farm in Hillsdale, New York.
WOMR is Outermost Community Radio – non-profit, non-commercial community radio for Cape Cod and beyond – broadcasting from Provincetown at 92.1 FM, and on the World Wide Web at www.womr.org.
