Front & Main is a Soul Rock band based out of the crossroads of the Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton, NY, music scenes. Collaborators Michael Wu (guitar, vocals), and Paul Shotwell (vocals), have gathered a slew of A-list musicians from across the region to bring their original compositions to life. Their songs range in influence from across the rock spectrum: ballads and upbeat rockers taking inspiration from multiple artists from classic rock to modern rock - all overlaid with Shotwell’s smoky, soulful vocals. At Maple Shade Hootenanny, Wu and Shotwell will be joined onstage by Mary Tewksbury (guitar, vocals), Brian Tyneway (guitar), Jacob Kurtz (bass), Samuel B Lupowitz (keyboards, vocals), and Al Miele (drums).

Friends, it is no small thing to witness such a powerful, massive musical performance up close. Front & Main’s show at Maple Shade Hootenanny will be truly epic, so please come early, and ready to boogie.

Website: www.frontandmainband.com 

Sun Dogs is composed of Joe Kollar (guitar, vocals) of Driftwood, Pete Ruttle (dobro, harmonica), and Bowman Townsend (drum kit, percussion) of the Black Lillies. The group plays a variety of mostly original Americana/Roots tunes with some choice covers to round out their high-energy set. Hilariously, Kollar explained that Sun Dogs “...happily do not have any social media or recorded music, making (our) live performance the only way to experience and enjoy (our) sound.” We here at Maple Shade Hootenanny suggest that you collect your own footage of Sun Dogs, then enjoy it for years to come, and share it with others, generously.  

LoveStoned is a signature, soulful group of unique individuals, coming together to offer listeners “...a taste of the new school with that old soul feel.” The groove-intensive trio of Nicco (cajon, djembe), Yasha (guitar, vocals), and Carmela (vocals, guitar) explained that they are “...all about getting high off the love that always has, and always will, exist between us all as human beings.” Through their experiences, expressed through word and song, LoveStoned does their best to bring us all closer to that infinite love.

Instagram: @lovestoned_nyc

The College Farm, known to be the world’s foremost purveyors of "neo-regionalist folk-rock fury," are also artisans of songs of rural wonderment: ghost stories, lost legends, love songs for a once and future land. Blazing folk-rock played with power and passion. Rising from the hardscrabble heights of the Western Catskills and orchard lands hard up against the Helderberg, The College Farm has been doing it big for more than two decades, and features favorite local boys Matthew Pelletier, and Andrew Pelletier, with Josh Herzog, and Christopher Dukes.

Wu-Twang, the band name, at face value, seems completely derivative (bro), but probably fun - and that’s entirely on purpose. The five-piece band from Binghamton plays your favorite new country (Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen, HARDY, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley), and some pop rock favorites, too: all covers, all party music, all fun. Wu-Twang is composed of notable, reformed metal, and aggressive music merchants (Shawn Swartwood and Bill VanDusen from Dropclutch, Josh Skellet from FLAW, and Darek Kotas from Ruination), and Delaware Academy Bulldog Todd Russell. 

Maple Shade Hootenanny patrons are encouraged to get up close, sing along, and dance around during Wu-Twang’s set, during which time the consumption of adult beverages will also be encouraged (as applicable).    

Facebook.com/wutwangband 

Technicolor Trailer Park is not just a duo, but an artistic force to be reckoned with, and celebrated. With mandolin, guitar, Native American flute, harmonicas, kazoos, and no shortage of raw, unfettered talent, Lisa Gould, and Jerry Tanner, are sure to bring a smile to your face, and put a dance in your step. Playing a wide variety of original tunes, and with an arsenal of covers at their disposal, TTP has been delighting Catskill Mountain crowds for years. Catch Lisa and Jerry strolling and performing all around the Maple Shade Hootenanny grounds all weekend! 

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Based in the Western Catskills of New York, Harland & The Brown Liquor Breakdown blends honky tonk, rock, and bluegrass to forge their own high-energy mountain sound.

“SINGALONG SONGS” CHILDREN’S MUSIC BIO:

Robert Kennedy has been a children’s music educator for nearly 30 years. He is certified in the Kodaly Method of teaching – which utilizes traditional and folk songs to perform and enjoy music through nursery rhymes, composed music improvisation, singing, instrumental, and movement activities. Robert is also well-versed in the techniques of Music Therapy, which he often incorporates into his music sessions. He plays multiple instruments such as guitar, banjo, ukulele, bass and harmonica. His goal has been to use music to help children understand and connect to the world that surrounds them.

Robert currently teaches music appreciation at the Gillen Brewer School in Manhattan. Gillen Brewer is a family-oriented, 12-month, special education program for children ages 2.8 to 10 years old who have a wide variety of language-based and non-verbal learning disabilities.

Robert also has four years of experience at Fieldston Outdoors located in Riverdale (Bronx), New York. Fieldston Outdoors is a summer day camp, which “fosters self-awareness, concern for others, and the deep satisfaction of connecting with nature.” During his time there, Robert served as the music counselor and leader of the “Quad” (a group of singers and musicians who played for the entire camp at the end of every day). The focus of the song repertoire was nature, environment, and good old fashioned camp singalongs and movement activities. He also led songs at the entire camp’s morning meeting called a “Council” where folk stories were told and acted out to raise awareness of the Hudson River, the environment, history and other cultures.

Here is my “Singalong Songs” children’s music YouTube website:

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGBgHD4pAw1spWflmpVxlyg

Miss Pam (Pamela West-Finkle)
Originally from northeast Ohio, “Angel Pam West” or “Miss Pam,” as she as known to many families in the Catskills, has been a teaching and performing artist for over thirty years. She began her professional career as a symphonic bassoonist for the US Army Bands, and went on to become a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, choir director, and public school music teacher.  She holds a B.S. in Education and a Masters in Music, and is certified to teach K-12 music and 7-12 English in New York State. 
Her original album releases include Evolution (eclectic rock 1997), Dweller on the Threshold (psychedelic rock 1999), Ready, Set, Go! (Children’s 2003), Crystal Palace Meditation (New Age 2003), and the Parent’s Choice Award Winning Unicorn Crossing (children’s 2012). She has played in rock bands since the mid-1990s and performed as a solo singer-songwriter both nationally and internationally, to include numerous radio and television appearances.
Her prior musical theater experiences include the role of Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music production at the Brighton Center for Performing Arts in Michigan in 1999 and a Muse/backup singer/keyboard player in the 2018 NY Musical Festival rock opera production of Bad Ass Beauty, presented at the Acorn Theater, off Broadway, in addition to performing behind the scenes in numerous pit bands and orchestra pits over the years.
She is the founder/director of The Community Music Network, Inc., a 501c3 organization that has been providing community music programs for all ages for the last twenty years.  Her music can be found online by searching Angel Pam West.  She lives with her family in South Kortright, New York.

Mike Herman’s music treats the listener to a pleasing blend of his musical influences - including blues, bluegrass, and old-timey - which he deftly blends into a musical creation uniquely his own. His originals speak of life and the trials and tribulations it may dish out. His whole-souled talent and skill in composing is only heightened by his masterful marriage of words and music. Mike Herman is Catskill Mountains acoustic music royalty, and authenticity, without a doubt.

Join Catskills Old Time for a rollicking set of old time stringband tunes. Fiddle, guitar, banjo and upright bass will provide the high energy music for an outdoor square dance for all ages! No partner or experience needed - all dances will be called. 

Becca Wintle and Monica-Lisa Mills (Andes, NY) form the core of Catskills Old Time Music in the Mountains. They host dances and jams, and play for events all over the Catskills and Hudson Valley, bringing in musicians from all over New York State and up and down the east coast for fiddle tunes and mournful songs in the old time stringband style. Find out more about them on instagram @catskills.oldtime

DescriptArm-of-the-Sea is an arts ensemble that fuses visual storytelling with live music in large-scale works of mask and puppet theater. Founded in 1982 by Marlena Marallo and Patrick Wadden, the company’s hybrid performance style channels the evocative power of the arts as a force for joy, insight, and community uplift. Their low-tech devices of theatrical enchantment illuminate relations between humans and the life-support networks of this blue-ocean planet. Under the direction of Marallo & Wadden, the creative team includes music directors Maclain Maier and Eli Winograd and performers Kerry Bergin, Trey Daniels, Kira deCoudres, Dee Dee Maucher, Nick Panken, Rakel Stammer, Soyal Smalls and MJ Smythe. Arm-of-the-Sea tours its original productions to cultural centers, festivals, and community venues throughout New York and adjacent states. The organization is transforming the ruins of a 19th century papermill into a waterfront cultural park in Saugerties, NY. Recent recognitions include: 2018 Ulster County Executive's Arts Award for Arts Organization, a 2016 Environmental Champions Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency, the 2014 Excellence in Arts Award from Mill Street Loft, and the 2014 Distinguished Environmental Achievement Award from Mohonk Consultations. Directors Marallo & Wadden were 2013 Artists-in-Residence at SUNY Ulster (Stone Ridge, NY), and 2014 Artists-inResidence at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies (Millbrook, NY).ion goes here