JimmyJo & the Jumbol’Ayuhs

When:  April 3rd at 7:30pm.

JimmyJo & the Jumbol’Ayuhs hails from the “bayous” of coastal Maine. Based in Phippsburg, the Jumbol’Ayuhs serve up music from Cajun Louisiana with a Downeast accent. Featuring Jim Joseph on accordion, second fiddle, and vocals, and Pam Weeks on lead fiddle and vocals, the Jumbol’Ayuhs play lively two-steps and waltzes that tug at your heartstrings. Bill Olson on guitar, Elna Joseph on bass, and Keith Garovoy on percussion round out the sound and provide the bottom end that will keep you dancing!

Visit their website at http://www.jimmyjo.net/

The concert begins at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available at the door: Adults $10, children and seniors $5.

For more information, contact Julie Fralich, 926-3161, or the church office, 926-3260. Directions to the Coffeehouse can be found at The Village Coffee House web site.

Breezemere Bottom Boys

On Saturday, February 6, the Village Coffee House welcomes the Breezemere Bottom Boys to New Gloucester.

The Breezemere Bottom Boys are made up of musicians from the Midcoast. They play bluegrass, gospel, folk music and the occasional Beatles tune. The first time the group got together to play was for the Lincolnville Bicentennial celebration in 2002. They performed at the newly constructed gazebo (designed by current band member Jack Silverio) at Breezemere Park on Norton Pond in Lincolnville Center. Since then a variety of people playing many different instruments including the musical saw have joined to share music with enthusiastic audiences. Chris Polson and Rosey Gerry from Lincolnville, two of the original Breezemere Bottom Boys, are happy to bring their foot stomping music to visit friends and share an evening of entertainmet at their Village Coffeehouse concert in New Gloucester.

The concert begins at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available at the door: Adults $10, children and seniors $5.

For more information, contact Julie Fralich, 926-3161, or the church office, 926-3260. Directions to the Coffeehouse can be found at The Village Coffee House web site.

The Kelly Caufield Duo

The Kelly Caufield Duo is the collaboration of vocalist Kelly Caufield and guitarist/bassist John Lawson.  These two combine their unique musical backgrounds to create an acoustic music drawing from styles from Rock to Bluegrass to Broadway.

Kelly is an active singer and actress in the Southern Maine area.  She can regularly be seen on stage at Portland’s Good Theater.  She has performed as a soloist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra.  Kelly combines the influence of vocalists such as Eva Cassidy, Alison Krauss, Judy Garland, and Joni Mitchell with her formal vocal training to create a unique vocal style.

John has been an active guitarist and bassist in the Southern Maine area for 8 years.  He is the former bassist of the rock band The Grumps, and can be seen playing in a number of orchestral and theater settings in the area.  In addition, John has done studio work for a number of local singer-songwriters and can be seen performing as part of the Lawson-White Duo.

The concert begins at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available at the door: Adults $10, children and seniors $5.

For more information, contact Julie Fralich, 926-3161, or the church office, 926-3260. Directions to the Coffeehouse can be found at The Village Coffee House web site.

Anni Clark

Anni returns to the Village Coffee House on Saturday, December 5th.  Born in Yarmouth, Anni brings her acoustic guitar to the stage, performing blues, folk and pop, all mixed in with her unique style of “Maine hue-mah”.  Awarded “Female Artist of the Year” and “Folk Artist of the Year” in 2003 by Jam Magazine’s Reader’s Pix Awards, Anni promises a performance that will have you “laughing one moment and close to tears the next with the honest emotions in her material.” (Kennebec Journal)

Photo by Rhonda Farnham

The concert begins at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available at the door: Adults $10, children and seniors $5.

For more information, contact Julie Fralich, 926-3161, or the church office, 926-3260. Directions to the Coffeehouse can be found at The Village Coffee House web site.

Sean Mencher (Photo by Adam Barber)

Sean Mencher

The joint’ll be jumpin’ on November 7th when Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings return to the Village Coffeehouse!

Sean Mencher has been touring the world for 25 years and puts on an A+ class act appropriate for all ages. His Rhythm Kings band includes the extremely talented virtuoso fiddler, Zach vington, formerly of Nashville, now of Auburn; drummer Marc Cousins, rhythm guitar player Sean Chambers & local hero Jonathan Dawson on stand-up bass.

Mencher and his Rhythm Kings blend the best of traditional American music including rock n’ roll, western swing, bluegrass, jazz, blues and rockabilly – from Duke Ellington to Buddy Holly to Les Paul, Sean Mencher and his band keep the seats empty and the dance floor filled!

You can listen to some of Sean’s songs at his myspace website at http://www.myspace.com/seanmencher

The concert starts at 7:30pm.  Tickets are available at the door:  Adults, $10   Children and Seniors, $5.

For more information, contact Julie Fralich, 926-3161, or the church office, 926-3260.  Directions to the Coffeehouse can be found at http://www.villagecoffeehouse.org/?page_id=13

Dos Canosos y Otros

(translation: “2 Gray Haired Guys and Others”) plays music in the traditional “son” Afro-Cuban style at the Village Coffeehouse on Saturday, October 3rd, starting at 7:30pm.

The group consists of Cuban born Raul Freyre on lead vocals and bongo, Gary Wittner on guitar and secondary vocals, Norm Bergeron on congas and pandeiro and Wayne Delano on saxophone. In addition to Cuban standards the group also performs original compositions and arrangements of pop tunes by The Beatles, Ray Charles, Nora Jones and others. Collectively, these musicians have performed for over half a century on five continents worldwide.  More information on Dos Canosos y Otros can be found at their website http://www.garywittner.com/pages/home.html.  Directions to the church can be found here.