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“The Song is Still Being Written: The Folk Music Portrait Project” LIVE!
January 16 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
$15.00
Presented by The Antonia and Vladimir Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund.
Through imagery, conversation and music, renowned photographer Barry Schneier and Boston Globe arts reporter James Sullivan bring local folk music history to life, as they document the artists who paved the way for the folk revolution in Boston and Cambridge, and those who are keeping it alive today and creating its future. Over the course of four years, Barry and James photographed and interviewed more than three dozen artists whose careers were born in this region. Through intimate portraits and their own words, we’ll meet great songwriters such as Lori McKenna and Tom Rush, national stars including Josh Ritter, Peter Rowan and Patti Griffin, local favorites like Mark Erelli, and music legends such as Jim Kweskin and Joan Baez. While many of these artists are well-known, we will also be introduced to newer artists, like Naomi Westwater and Kim Moberg, who are redefining what folk music is today. Spend the evening as Barry and James take you inside their journey and hear performances from Kim and Naomi onstage.
Kim Moberg
Kim Moberg is an award winning Alaska native (Tlingit) singer/songwriter who suffered a lifetime of debilitating stage fright. In 2014 set out to overcome that stage fright and wrote her first song. Kim has released 3 albums, the most recent being “The Seven Fires Prophecy Suite for Humanity”, a project that ties ancient Anishinaabe prophecies to our current social environment. Her 4th album “All That Really Matters” will be released this year.
Naomi Westwater
Naomi Westwater (she/they) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter and producer from Massachusetts. They weave in and out of Folk music, flirting with rock and jazz. Naomi holds a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music. She was nominated for a 2021 Boston Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. Naomi’s 2021 EP Feelings was featured in Under The Radar, WBUR, Vanyaland, WGBH, Allston Pudding, and The Bluegrass Situation.