An Evening of Fine Folk Music in Centerport, April 2 2016

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Jack Williams are Featured

 

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen share a bill with Jack Williams during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly First Saturday Concert at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off Route 25A, Centerport, NY) on April 2. The 8:30 p.m. concert will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $25 ($20 for FMSH members), may be purchased online in advance at fmsh.org using a credit card or at the door (cash and checks only).

 

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen have been performing together for 25 years – sharing their love of traditional music, along with a bevy of original songs. Their performances are filled with rich harmony, compelling songs and a good dose of humor.

 

Such musical luminaries as Garth Brooks, John Denver, Waylon Jennings, Josh Ritter, Linda Ronstadt and Tammy Wynette have covered Steve’s songs. Yet his own versions – featuring his warm baritone voice and unique fingerpicking guitar style (using a flat-pick and two fingers) – are among the best.

 

Accompanying herself on guitar, banjo, concertina, or mountain dulcimer, Cindy is known for her compelling interpretations of traditional ballads, as well as for her own writing and her ear for harmony. Her latest solo album, Cat Tales, is devoted to “songs of the feline persuasion.”

 

Here’s a link to a video of Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen performing “Bed of Roses”:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoJ7SUkUvtc

 

 

And here’s one of them performing one of Steve’s much-covered songs, “Darcy Farrow,” a few years earlier:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJkB-dBj-HY

 

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Jack Williams 

is a southern American troubadour who has earned critical acclaim for his fingerstyle guitar picking, expressive and resonant voice, and prowess as a songwriter and storyteller. A much sought-after artist on the contemporary folk and acoustic music scene, Jack performs an eclectic blend of musical styles.

 

“You can hear both the white and black musical traditions in his writing,” says Phil Shapiro, host of Bound for Glory on Ithaca, NY’s WVBR-FM. “You can hear country; you can hear blues; you can hear jazz. He’s a poet who knows how to write simply. And he’s a remarkable, magical performer with graceful good humor and a hot guitar style.”

 

Citing his artistry as “nothing short of amazing,” Rich Warren, host of the nationally syndicated The Midnight Special, originating from Chicago’s WFMT-FM, hails Jack for his “dazzling picking, expressive voice [and] unique and interesting songs.” And Tom Paxton, whom Jack has accompanied many times, refers to him as “one of my all-time favorite pickers.”

 

Here are a couple of links to videos of Jack Williams performing in concert:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uO2xvWPAc

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV3hgGYCfUw

 

 

Now in its 47th year, the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents two monthly concert series, a monthly folk jam, and an annual folk festival in conjunction with the Huntington Arts Council.