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An Evening with Peter Mulvey - Presented By Victor Saviatto
We are kicking off the Victor Saviatto Coffeehouse Concerts series with the incredibly talented (and political!) Peter Mulvey!
About Peter...
Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since.
Nineteen records, an illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own boutique festival (the Lamplighter Sessions, in Boston and Wisconsin) Mulvey never stops. He has built his lifes work on collaboration and an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. He folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry, social justice, scientific literacy, & a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art.
In late January 2019, Mulvey and his band, SistaStrings (Chauntee & Monique Ross) with Nathan Kilen on drums, decamped to their home turf, the Cafe Carpe, in Fort Atkinson, WI where they spent just five days making two records in the tiny back room. The live record, Peter Mulvey with SistaStrings Live at the Cafe Carpe is out now on Righteous Babe Records. Its a celebration of a world that is temporarily on hold: a small folk club, packed with listeners, and a band shoulder-to-shoulder, playing and singing with intimacy and abandon.
The other shoe, Shenandoah a studio album about love and family in the midst of a dying empire, will drop in early 2021, provided there is still a republic within which to drop it.
Doors open at 7:30pm
Music starts at 8:00pm
Show is held in the parish hall at 50 Church St Waltham, MA
Desserts and non-alcoholic refreshments will be available for purchase
This show will be fully seated.
PRESENTED BY VICTOR SAVIATTO
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LocationFirst Parish Waltham (View)
50 Church Street
Waltham, MA 02452
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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