Above: A Southborough church is relaunching a music series, starting with a successful vocal group and guests from a local school. (images from event website and instagram)
Some exciting news in Southborough’s music scene — especially for readers who miss the Steeple Coffehouse concerts that Pilgrim Church formerly hosted for decades.1
Pilgrim’s Fellowship Hall will once again welcome musical acts through a revamped venture dubbed “Common Street Concerts”.
The inaugural show has been announced for two weeks from Saturday with two a capella groups scheduled to hit the stage.
The concert will headline the Boston vocalists Five O’Clock Shadow (FOCS) with special guests Voices ReChoired.
The performance will take place on Saturday, May 17th 2025 at 7:30 pm, at 15 Common Street. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Advance Tickets will cost $25 general admission (or $20 per student/senior), plus a $3 service fee. Click here to purchase. (Tickets will also be available at the door for an extra $5.)
Concert organizers promote FOCS as “a dynamic and engaging” group “known for their ability to create a full band sound using only their voices.”:
Think The Doobie Brothers meets Foo Fighters meets Paramore.
Their intricate vocal arrangements are a hallmark, both in their critically acclaimed original music and their distinctive covers. What makes FOCS stand out is their innovative use of effects – previously used exclusively by instrumentalists – employed real-time to build the sound, feel, and vibe of a rock concert.
The band’s refreshingly authentic rapport among themselves and with their audiences produces a unique and thoroughly entertaining experience each time they hit the stage.
You can read more here.
As for their guests — Voices ReChoired was one of this spring’s Northeast Semi-Finalists for the Varsity Vocals International Championship of High School A Cappella (ICHSA).
The group’s website describes a competitive group out of Marlborough High since 2008, showcasing members’ “love for music and storytelling through performance”. This year, they have chosen the story theme of “courage”:
Their set is a call to everyone to live life looking forward and not back, sometimes you need to dig deep to find the courage to persevere through everything life throws at you.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the site also notes that one of members “can often be found. . . driving around town with ‘Time’ by Five O’Clock Shadow on full blast.”
If you’d like to blast/listen to Time, you can do that using the Spotify track below:
And below, you can check out a video the headliners posted a couple of years ago when the covered a Doobie Brothers tune:
To learn more about the band and check out more of their music click here.
Plus, you can see the high schoolers’ winning Quarter Final performance below:
