When Are We, Anyway?
Thanks for a Fabulous 20th Season!! - 2007/2008
Show Times
Tickets are on sale from 6:30PM the day of the show at the church. Doors open to the public at 7:30 and shows start at 8:00. New Moon concerts typically offer two full sets by the featured artist, free parking, and of course, coffee, delicious homemade deserts, and other beverages for sale before the show and during intermission.
Call (978) 459-5134 for information and/or directions. You can also call the church at (978) 372-5173 on the day of the show.
Please understand that we reserve the right to change or substitute acts and dates. However, we promise to do so only under extraordinary circumstances!
October 20 (Saturday)
The Nields are coming back! Nothing but the best to start out our twentieth season! They are the bubbly, dancey, happy, sometimes downright goofy, but their songs are literary gems emanating from many different voices. We hear everything from pre-teen dilemmas to sober wisdom from lives lived as these two lovely women mature personally and musically.
Showtime: 8:00 PM $15 Admission.
November 17 (Saturday)
Les Sampou by herself is a powerful force; performing with her newly formed roots trio, she becomes positively tornadic as she delves into jazz, blues, romantic love songs and much more. The Les Sampou Trio is Les, Dan Deleo on upright bass and Mark Cunnigham on guitar and vocals. No genre boundaries here, this is a multi-course musical feast!
Opening Act: Meg Rayne & Roger Ebacher
Meg played to a full house at the Firehouse in Newburyport for the CD release party for her latest, CD, Let's Put the Moon to Bed, a sexy, sensitive nod to jazzy standards but spiced with her own slinky-sweet sound.
Prepare to be blown away by the talents of these two magnificent performers!
Showtime: 8:00 PM $20 Admission.
January 19 (Saturday)
- Bouncy, bright, talented, these three young women are garnering awards and accolades everywhere they go. Formed around a campfire at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival a few years back, they won the Best New Artist for 2006 in the WUMB poll and also the hearts of audiences up and down the East Coast. They blend their voices in traditional but polished harmonies as they switch instruments, playing amongst themselves guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro, bass and flute.
Opening Act: Ed Felker
Showtime: 8:00 PM $15 Admission.
February 16 (Saturday)
Appearing first as the powerful lead vocalist of the folk/rock band Knots and Crosses, then as a versatile singer songwriter of social commentaries and wrenching ballads , she is also known for her haunting renditions of Irish, English and American traditionals. Her quirky Maine humor adds some zest to her musical repertoire, making her one of the New Moon faves from way back. The Trio is rounded out with Duke Levine and Kevin Barry on guitars.
Opening Act: Lisa Bastoni
Showtime: 8:00 PM $20 Admission.
March 1 (Saturday) - Note date change
He is a songwriter par excellence, able to craft songs that are spiritual, poetic, historical, cynical, funny or profound. Creator of five albums, each different and special in its own way, he has just released a CD of covers, called South of Delia, on which he painstakingly selected songs to illuminate his feelings about his country and his world.
Opening Act: Dave Crossland
Showtime: 8:00 PM $20 Admission.
April 19 (Saturday)
We welcome Eric Taylor back with open arms, thirsting for his unique spin on the human condition and his down to earth Texan performance style. He is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar. If you're not familiar with Taylor by name, you've probably heard his songs performed by people such as Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett. He has created a multitude of fans and devotees that are legends themselves in the singer/songwriter realm, artists who have long considered Taylor to be a teacher and a lantern bearer whose time is long overdue.
Pierce Pettis is playing at the New Moon for the first time, but not for lack of recognition of his stupendous songwriting talents. Adored by both critics and public alike, Pierce is one of this generation's most masterful songwriters. His music is distinguished by his uncanny ability to capture universals in human experience by drawing on the humor and trials in daily life. Pettis' music can simultaneously pull on our hearts and keep us laughing. The beautiful harmonies, inventive yet subtle percussion, strong guitar, and rich vocals are a constant throughout his body of work.
Two of the very best songwriters in the country on our stage the same evening! Wow!
Showtime: 8:00 PM $15 Admission.
May 17 (Saturday)
Though presenting a low-key almost self-effacing persona onstage, David is a dramatist at heart. Each of his songs is a gem, transporting us to an arena, where in three or four minutes, we explore the lives and psyches of strangers from all historic times and geographic locations and make them our own. Sometimes brooding and almost cynical, sometimes touching on the most beautiful and vulnerable places in the human soul, David's songs stay with you long after the concert is over.
Opening Act: Danielle Miraglia
Showtime: 8:00 PM $15 Admission.
June 7 (Saturday)
How fitting that we should end our 20th season with our New Moon favorite, Ellis Paul, who was among our lineup our first year and a regular from then on. With great pride, we have watched the development of this young performer into one of the truly greats on the folk scene today. For many of us he is the face of contemporary folk music–few are as smart, as literate and as poetic as Paul. He has spun his story songs for nearly twenty years now, and has eleven studio recordings (with an additional two early recordings on cassette–now available on CD) to his credit. Paul, who has written his own book of poetry, demonstrates in his songs his lyric sensibilities while also delivering top-notch musicianship.
Opening Act: Michael Troy
Showtime: 8:00 PM $20 Admission.
Advance Ticket Reservations...
You can reserve tickets here and now, and then pay for them at the door on the night of the show. Please fill in the following information, and we will send you an email copy of the reservation.
Of course, you can always call (978) 459-5134 to speak to our sales person.
PLEASE NOTE: Reservations requested after NOON on the day of the concert may not be honored (we can't always get to our email before the concert ;-) ).
PLEASE NOTE: Any information you supply will be kept strictly confidential, and used for New Moon Coffeehouse purposes only. We would never sell or give your information to others!
Questions about ticket sales (including tickets by mail)? Send email to Mary (marybgaynor at comcast.net)