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Rebecca Katz & Lara Herscovitch
REBECCA KATZ:
Rebecca Katz's favorite four-letter word is "folk." A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Rebecca has been singing, making up songs, and making noise on various instruments since she was very young. At 13, she picked up her dad's guitar so she could be the cool counselor at summer camp. A year later, she wrote her first original tune and has been writing ever since.
In college at Brandeis University, Rebecca played more than 80 shows on campus. Now a nationally-touring artist based in the rich Boston folk scene, Rebecca has entertained audiences at venues up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Along the way, she has shared stages with many performers including Kym Tuvim, Liz Stahler, and Adam Levy (guitarist, Norah Jones), and had the honor of opening for Teddy Goldstein and Pamela Means.
Rebecca truly has an acoustic heart. An explorer of a myriad of genres, she will always come home to one hundred percent handmade music. Rebecca considers herself a lifelong student of language and songwriting, as you might expect of an artist with a Master's in English Literature. Like her hero, Nanci Griffith, she is equally devoted to penning new songs and passing on traditional tunes and favorites by fellow writers.
In keeping with her commitment to sharing traditional songs and other artists' work, Rebecca co-hosts The Watch City Coffeehouse, Bob Weiser's weekly radio program featuring traditional and contemporary acoustic music, on 100.1 FM WBRS (Waltham, MA). Listeners can tune in to the show's live webcast Tuesdays from 8-10pm at www.wbrs.org.
Above all, Rebecca enjoys connecting with people through music. On stage, equipped with a clear, confident voice, she can as easily evoke laughter from her audiences as improvised harmony. Equal parts songwriter and storyteller, she is all-heart all the time, and brings her special touch to every room she plays.
Rebecca's debut recording, Spendin' On Today, engineered by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds Studio, was released in September 2007.
LARA HERSCOVITCH:
Lara was raised in New York and lives in Connecticut. She narrowly escaped law school, training instead as a macro social worker. She has worked in the US, Latin America and Asia, on behalf of disadvantaged individuals focusing on education, community development, human services, and the environment. Echoes of this work, including personal and global themes and questions of social justice and equity resonate throughout her music.
Herscovitch is doing a fine job of building up a rabid fanbase (smother.net) she has played at notable venues including A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (American Public Radio), the Bitter End, CBGBs, Towne Crier, Club Passim, WFUV Under the Radar Concert with John Platt, The Sanctuary Concerts, Minstrel Coffeehouse, Acoustic Caf, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Connecticut Folk Festival, Music for a Change (U. Hartford), WUWF Radio Live Concerts (FL), Fredricksburg (VA) Songwriter Showcase, Folk Music Society of Huntington and Garden Stage (NY), Center for Southern Folklore (TN). She has opened for Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Cliff Eberhardt, Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Aztec Two-Step and Eric Anderson, and has shared the stage with the late jazz great Joe Beck, Sloan Wainwright, Mustards Retreat, Pat Wictor, and Radoslav Lorkovic, among many others.
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LocationThe Oasis Coffeehouse
34 Alder Street
Waltham, MA 02155
United States
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