The Power of Song for Justice: A Tribute to the Legacy of Peter, Paul & Mary, featuring Suzanne Sheridan, The Kennedys & Mustard’s Retreat – May 10 @ 8PM
$30.00
Description
Mustard’s Retreat has been delighting audiences by telling stories for 40 years- they are witty, insightful, fun, and profound, as well as accomplished songwriters and musician ( guitars, dulcimer, electric bass, mandolin, harmonica, pennywhistle). In addition to being raconteurs and storytellers, they will give you things to laugh about for days to come and remember for years. Tales of stupid frogs, wandering cadavers, haunted bridges and techo-nerds, memories of small towns and high school, first loves and last…and places we’ve been or maybe just dreamed of.
Suzanne Sheridan, a longtime resident of Westport has, performed for audiences from Australia to Canada to the USA. Her first jingle as a singer was “Join the Pepsi People” for the Pepsi Cola Company, which won a Clio Award. In New York City, she played at Gerties Folk City, The Bitter End, and Reno Sweeny’s. She also wrote music for the PBS children’s show “THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.” As a songwriter, she and Lee Kweller wrote “The Power’s in You” which won an Honorable Mention in the gospel category at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She co-wrote, along with her wife Rozanne Gates, the country cult hit, “90 Pound Suburban Housewife Driving in Her SUV.”
Suzanne has also written for and performed as part of the group “Exit 43,” a Unitarian-gospel, three-part harmony, guitar-driven, musical powerhouse. In 2009, the group recorded its first CD, “Home at Last.” Exit 43 performed at The Buttonwood Tree, Voices Café, and at many Unitarian congregations along the East Coast.
Suzanne performed her tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen at Voices Café and The Levitt Pavilion in Westport, CT. A live recording of this concert titled “Suzanne Sheridan Sings the Music of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen” is available at Amazon (Amazon) and on her website, suzannesheridanmusic.com. This concert was also presented at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven in 2014 as a benefit for the ACLU’s campaign for Marriage Equality. Her CD “Standing Ovation”, a compilation of her original songs, is available on SoundCloud. Her all-French CD, “Chez Vous Avec Suzanne” is available on Spotify
As performer-producer, Suzanne produced five seasons of music at the Westport Historical Society called “Coffeehouse at the Wheeler’s”. Currently, she and Rozanne Gates produce the extremely popular “First Folk Sunday” (firstfolksunday.com) music series at Westport’s Saugatuck Rowing Club where Suzanne performs classic and current folk music with guest artists on the first Sunday afternoon of each month.
The Kennedys began their writing and touring life three decades ago as members of Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra, developing their own sound as a frequent support act on Nanci’s tours across America, Ireland, Scotland and England. Collaborations with Nanci continued, culminating in Pete and Maura producing her final album, “Intersections.” Along the way, they hosted a nationwide radio program, “The Dharma Cafe” on Sirius/XM, wrote and released sixteen CDs of original music, and have been core artists on folk radio, expanding their audience further with the inception of the AAA and Americana formats.