Experience Folk Electric Wayfaring Stranger ahead of the new album expected later in 2025. Enjoy an unplugged after concert and fine artist galleries: Loren Doucette. Matthew Billey.
News and flyers from Erica Pisaturo for GMG readers,
“The debut live performance of Folk Electric: Wayfaring Stranger, coming up on April 19 at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, features an 11-piece band, including myself, my husband Scott Moore, and other Cape Ann talents, as well as some very special out-of-town guests.”
-Erica Pisaturo
“Erica and I are thrilled to take the stage with this group of world-class musician friends, many of whom are also on the upcoming Folk Electric record,” offers Moore. The band for this outing features visiting artists Tyler Ramsey (Tyler Ramsey, Band of Horses), Zachariah Hickman (Josh Ritter, Ray LaMontagne), and Dani Markham (Childish Gambino, Tune-Yards) as well as Cape Ann familiars like George Clements (The Clements Brothers, Lonely Heartstring Band) and Reneé Dupuis (What Time Is It Mr Fox?); plus Joey Thieman, Maggie Cerjan, and Lobster Cove String Quartet members Brandon White and Alex Fowler.”
Incoming October event news sent from Annisquam Village Church:
Annisquam Village Church proudly announces the opening of the 2024/25 Music Series on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 pm with Devil’s Box and Glory of God: The Soul of the Violin from Paganini to Penderecki to Bach, Bluegrass, and Beyond. Violinist, composer and AVC Artist-in-Residence Scott Moore embarks on this musical journey celebrating the violin at the Annisquam Village Church.
A solo recital/lecture led and performed by Moore answers the questions, “When is a fiddle a violin, and why has it been called ‘the devil’s box’?”, “How did a gourd become a $20 million work of art?”, and “What were the dark secrets behind Nicolò Paganini’s otherworldly abilities on the instrument, and did history’s first rock star really make a deal at the crossroads?” In this tour-de-force program, Moore illuminates how music is also geometry, physics, theology and a window on the cosmos itself; and how Bach can inspire us to be better humans, 300 years after his death.
David Benjamin, Chair of the Annisquam Village Church Music Committee, looks forward to this unique evening of music, “Join Moore, our multi-talented AVC Artist-in-Residence, on a thousand-year musical journey, fiddle in hand—no magic carpet required!”
AVC Artist-in-Residence Moore gave audiences a sneak peek of the program this past summer and audiences were captivated. According to Gloucester’s Victoria Cowling Chu, “Scott Moore is superb! With an international keyboard performer as my mother, I grew up surrounded by world famous musicians. Scott would fit right in. He has such mastery of his instrument and his art that, without a single sheet of music, he gives us beautiful music drawn from the most varied roots, and makes it seem like he’s just improvising on a lazy afternoon.”
ABOUT SCOTT MOORE
An enthusiastic collaborator on stage and in the recording studio, violinist and composer Scott Moore has forged a reputation as a skillful and inventive musician unbound by genre. Since moving to Gloucester in 2019, the Kentucky native has become Concertmaster of the Cape Ann Symphony and Symphony by the Sea, while creating new scores for productions by the Louisville (KY) Ballet and theater group Lanes Coven. He and his wife, Erica, operate Open String Recordings, providing creative, professional string arrangements for bands, solo artists, composers, and filmmakers. As AVC Artist-in-Residence, his portfolio includes solo and group performances ranging from Bach and bluegrass to Thelonious Monk, and a growing list of world premieres.
EVENT:
Devil’s Box and Glory of God: The Soul of the Violin from Paganini to Penderecki to Bach, Bluegrass, and Beyond
is Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 PM at the Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street Gloucester. The ticket price is $30, Suggested Donation. For further information, Call: 978-281-0376 or email: avchurch820@gmail.com
Image: Annisquam Village Church Artist-in-Residence Scott Moore
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Acoustic Jam Sessions Invitation
Slow Jam Tuesdays 7:30 – 9:30 pm $15
Barn Jam (style wide open) 1st & 3rd Sunday 2 – 5 Free
Bluegrass Jam 2nd & 4th Sunday 2 – 5 Free
Bluegrass Jam! …. Do you love that high lonesome sound, that infectious toe tapping rhythm? Bluegrass Pickers you know who you are, so grab your instrument and come down to Dliamond Cove Music this Sunday.
The session will run 2-5 and is limited to 12 musicians’ seats. I’ve got room to have two jam sessions going at once which should help a lot! When you get more than 6 or 7 musicians jamming, it is usually neither satisfying for the musicians nor for any listeners. It just requires too much restraint. With two jams going at once, I can encourage enthusiasts of any ability to attend, and feel confident they should be able to get in on a session where they will feel comfortable. If you are having problems or have any suggestions, please let me know.
With a 12-seat limit, they’re sure to be snatched up quickly, so register today! If you reserve a seat in advance I will make sure you have a seat when you arrive. Musicians do come and go, so even if all seats have been reserved, come anyway and we will probably have room for you at some point.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT by emailing tom@diamondcovemusic.com
Listeners – please find a spot in the front half of the main room.
Customers – I’m open throughout the jam, but checking out new istruments is probably best done before and after the jam.
Musicians – I can’t offer loaner instruments for the jams. Cases must go into the rack or stacked just through door to 2nd room. Click to see proper etiquette.
The Four Legged Faithful are a band made up of 4 ordinary men who all thrive on playing music together. Their aim is not to play traditional folk or bluegrass music, but instead to create beautiful, heart-felt, and genuine music using traditional folk/bluegrass instruments. They create a sound that is honest and reflects the band’s many musical influences from nearly all genres. All members sing; creating multiple combinations of 2, 3, and 4-part harmonies. All members write and sing songs about their thoughts, families, and the natural world that surrounds them. For a band without a drummer, The Four Legged Faithful achieve an incredible level of intensity using foot percussion and layered rhythms throughout every measure.
Special: Tenderloin Tips over Salad!
Wednesdays Only!Hello everyone!
Wednesday, August 7th
This Week’s Host: ALLEN ESTES! Allen’s Special Guests: This week kicks off a busy August stretch for me. I’ll be with
the Sail Rock Tour (Orleans, Christopher Cross, John Ford
Coley, Al Stewart, many more) hitting cities all over North
America. Allen Estes, once again, graciously steps in to keep
things rolling over the next few weeks. This Wednesday, he
brings the wonderful bluegrass group Old Cold Tater back to
the Rhumb Line stage. You’ll love it! ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Tenderloin Tips over Salad – $11.95(while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming… Aug 14: Allen Estes hosts w/guest Marina Evans
Aug 21: Allen Estes hosts w/guests The Backwoods Ramblers Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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Here is John Herrick skipper of the lobsterboat Bluegrass and waterfront director at the Annisquam Yacht Club. The Bluegrass is a 22 foot Novi skiff out of Annisquam.
His truck is a Chevy with a spray in liner, and a bed rail rack system that allows the rack to be adjusted forward or back. Pretty convenient.
John is a disciple of the Tony Gross bait management system where he dumps his stinky bait into totes with no holes which prevents the bait juice from dripping into the truck and stinking it up.
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Good Morning Gloucester 