Above: A Southborough church is promoting its concert series, this time with a night featuring four folk artists. (images from event website and instagram)
Last spring, Pilgrim Church relaunched their dormant coffeehouse concert series as the newly dubbed “Common Street Concert” series.1
This month, the Fellowship Hall will once again host a musical “evening with a community of friends enjoying music, deserts, coffee/tea and engaging conversation (during breaks)!”.
Organizers promote the event with “contemporary folk” singers as “A night of unforgettable songwriting, harmony, and humor!”
The evening will feature a double header by Greg Greenway, Buskin & Batteau, with opening artist Neale Eckstein. (Scroll down to learn more about the performers.)
General admission tickets (including all fees) are $25 in advance (here) and $30 at the door. Seniors and students get $3 off the prices.
The doors will open at 7:00 pm for the show starting at 7:30 pm.
Concert organizers promote:
Greg Greenway, known for his soulful voice, powerful songwriting, and moving performances, brings decades of artistry that have earned him acclaim across the folk world.
He’ll be joined by the legendary duo Buskin & Batteau, masters of lush harmonies and witty, heartfelt songs that have delighted audiences from Carnegie Hall to coffeehouses nationwide.
Opening (and helping to host) the evening is Neale Eckstein, a beloved voice from the Fox Run Studio and concert series. With his debut solo album Never Too Late, Neale’s heartfelt songs and lived-in voice have been praised as “a masterpiece” that calls to mind John Prine and early Tom Waits.
Together, these artists promise an evening rich with story, song, and camaraderie — a celebration of the best in contemporary folk.
Since hearing is always better than reading when it comes to music, I dug up some of their past performances on YouTube.
Here’s Greg Greenway performing “A Mighty Long Way” at the Southeastern Regional Folk Alliance
Here’s Buskin & Batteau performing live onstage at Caffe Lena:
And here’s Neale Eckstein’s official music video of him singing “Like a Poem Needs a Rhyme” with help from BettySoo:
