‘Folk-Rock Goddess’ Catie Curtis Performs on LI, June 6

Contemporary singer-songwriter Catie Curtis is the featured artist during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series on June 6 at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, Centerport). The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets, priced at $25 ($20 for FMSH members) may be purchased in advance online at www.fmsh.org using a credit card or at the door (cash and checks only). For more information, visit the website or call (631) 425-2925. 

Catie Curtis is a Boston-based singer-songwriter who has toured the U.S. and Europe for more than 20 years — including several performances at The White House, at two Presidential Inaugural Balls, at Carnegie Hall, and with Lilith Fair.  Dubbed a “folk-rock goddess” by The New Yorker, she’s released 13 albums, recorded a duet with Kris Kristofferson for his CD The Austin Sessions, and was the grand-prize winner in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition. Catie has also won a slew of Boston Music Awards and had songs featured in numerous films and TV shows.

Since 2012, Catie has been the producer of Voices United Concerts — organized to raise awareness and funds for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She also officiates and performs at fans’ weddings, teaches at song schools around the country, leads high school songwriting workshops, speaks on diversity, and runs a songwriter retreat in Maine every summer.

Now in its 46th 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.  The June 18 Hard Luck Café Series’ concert at Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre will feature Matt Nakoa and Jean Rohe, two of this year’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival “Most Wanted” Emerging Artists. Tom Paxton will headline the 10th Annual Huntington Folk Festival at Heckscher Park on Sunday, July 26, a free event — from noon-10: 30 p.m.  — that also will feature unplugged artist showcases and song swaps during the afternoon.

Photo from Catie’s 2014 CD by Karan Simpson.