A Showcase concert with
Lori Fassman
Will Whiteley
Peter Fischman & Deb O'Hanlon
Saturday, May 31, 1997 at 8 PM
First Parish Church, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA
General Admission $9.00, FSSGB members $7.50
The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston presents a special showcase
concert, with local talents Lori Fassman, Will Whiteley with daughters
Anna and Catherine, and Peter Fischman and Deb O'Hanlon.
Lori Fassman, best known to members
of the Folk Song Society as the editor of the Folk Letter, has been singing
semi-professionally since moving to the Boston area in 1988. Lori
has been involved in numerous local folk and a cappella performing
groups including Deadline Poet, a six-woman a cappella group which has
performed at local venues such as Club Passim and Johnny D's and recorded a
cut on the third annual Acoustic Alliance compilation CD.
Lori plays piano and guitar, but performs primarily a cappella. Her
repertoire consists mainly of contemporary songs, but also features some
traditional songs and sing-alongs, many of which were learned at Folk Song
Society midweek sings and monthly singing parties. These days she performs
mostly with the The Simones (a folk quartet with fellow Society members
Chris Felknor on guitar, Jeanne Wildman on violin and viola, and Kathryn
Kaufman on autoharp, harmonica, and melodica), who will be joining her
for this concert.
A computer programmer by day, Lori also serves on the Folk Song
Society's board of directors as Recording Secretary, and has been involved in
other local folk music organizations such as the Nameless Coffeehouse and the
New England Folk Festival Association.
Will Whiteley, a long-time member of FSSGB, will be joined
in this concert by his
daughters Anna and Catherine. The Whiteley family has been making
music together for
about 20 years, entertaining audiences with three-part harmonies and
multi-cultural folk
music, as well as Will's rambling historical narratives. They recorded
a few songs last year,
and hope to have a project ready sometime in the next year. Although
daughters Catherine,
who studies Hindu devotional music, and Anna, who writes her own
folk-pop music and has
just released a CD ("Boom Bang Thump Meow", Tollie Records, LR-6501,
1997), have gone in
different musical directions, they still have time to make music with
their father. Their
tight blend of harmony, and related vocal chords make them very
satisfying to listen to.
Peter Fischman and Deb O'Hanlon
have been singing together and playing in coffeehouses since 1984....
They have one recording ("Fareast Kitchen", Fishpeople Music,
1991, cassette), and dreams of others. They are known for their tight
harmonies, engaging humor, and eclectic repertoire. Many of their
songs, if not traditional, are of the traditional style. They also
include many of Peter's songs, some of which have been described as
"the best 100 year old songs every heard", take you to faraway places and
speak from the heart and soul. When they aren't doing a song a capella,
Peter plays guitar, and sometimes Deb adds mandolin.
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