Oshima Brothers, Love By Numb3rs will be the featured performers.
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The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present a virtual showcase of regional talent on its Facebook page at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. The presentation will feature performances from popular Maine artists including Oshima Brothers and Love By Numb3rs, but also will include submissions of performances from community members.
Featured Maine artists in the showcase include popular contemporary folk and acoustic pop duo, Oshima Brothers, who played a sold-out outdoor show with the center in the Fall of 2020. Also performing will be Love By Numb3rs, the newly formed collaboration between Anna Lombard, Dan Connor and Jon Roods. Lombard and Connor were bandmates in popular roots and Americana act, Gypsy Tailwind, and have formed the new group with multi-instrumentalist and member of Rustic Overtones, Jon Roods. The trio released the album “Parachutes” in December of 2020 to critical
Chocolate Church Arts Center seeks submissions for Valentine’s Showcase
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The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present a showcase of regional talent on their Facebook page on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The presentation will feature performances from established Maine musicians and also include submissions of performances from community members.
Those who wish to participate are invited to submit a video of a song, a poem, dance or similar performance. Submitters are encouraged to consider a theme of love songs. Submissions will be edited into one continuous presentation, which will be broadcast on the center’s Facebook page on Feb. 13.
Holiday music collection featuring Maine artists available
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BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center has released a compilation of traditional and original Christmas songs performed by Maine-based artists, including Schooner Fare and Lauren Crosby, among many others. A link to the compilation is available at the art center’s website, and it may be streamed for free, or downloaded for $10.
Lauren Crosby
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According to a news release from the arts center, the compilation includes submissions from 11 Maine artists. Folk heroes Schooner Fare contributed their original track “What Christmas Means to Me,” while rising songwriter Lauren Crosby recorded a version of a Billie Todd song “One Christmas Eve.” Veteran songwriter and producer Peter Gallway shared his song “Christmas Roses.” And Jud Caswell, a multi-instrumentalist and winner of the Kerrville New Folk competition adds his own “The Long Walk Home.”
Chocolate Church releases holiday compilation featuring regional talent
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The Chocolate Church Arts Center has released a compilation of traditional and original Christmas songs performed by Maine-based artists, including Schooner Fare and Lauren Crosby, among others. A link to the compilation is available at the CCAC website, and it may be streamed for free, or downloaded for $10.
The compilation includes submissions from 11 Maine artists. Schooner Fare contributed their original track “What Christmas Means to Me” while songwriter Lauren Crosby recorded a version of a Billie Todd song titled “One Christmas Eve.” Songwriter and producer Peter Gallway shared his song “Christmas Roses.” Jud Caswell adds his own “The Long Walk Home.”