Coffeehouse Schedule: 2010-2011

ALWAYS the third Saturday of the month!

"When musicians have a very appreciative audience, we rise to the occasion
and feel even more inspired to perform at our very best level. Your audience was outstanding!" Carl Bradford - Port City Jazz (Sept. '06)

September 18, 2010

Bluezberry Jam

Bluezberry Jam returns to the place where they first performed, the Saco Coffeehouse! Bluezberry Jam offers an eclectic mix of of blues, jazz, and world music. Combining soulful ballads, raucous blues and feel good harmonies; they shine with unique jammin’ originals with a djembe beat, as well as jazzy interpretations of the standards.

FMI: http://www.bluezberryjam.com

October 16, 2010

Putnam Smith

Foot-stompin' banjo, melancholy guitar, spicy mandolin, and "A Sexy Voice!" (Karen Frangoulis, WERU) are the tools of the trade, for this Portland-based singer/songwriter. With the 'modern roots' sound of Iron and Wine and the performance energy of a one-man Old Crow Medicine Show, Putnam puts on a show that makes people want to do a little knee-slappin' one moment, then curl up all intimate-like, the next.

FMI: http://www.putnamsmith.com

November 20, 2010

Ingrid Ayer-Richardson

Information to come

FMI: http://www.sacocoffeehouse.com

December 18, 2010

Harvey Reid/Joyce Anderson

IMPORTANT - This is a joint production with the First Parish Congregational Church and will be held in their church Sanctuary!!

Information to come

FMI: http://www.joyscream.com

January 15, 2011

Dale Robin-Goodman

Dale Robin Goodman is a song hunter, always in search of songs from a variety of ethnic, geographical and thematic genres. A good song is her passion, and she believes that the old ones - the lovely gems of days past-are the songs too quickly cast aside and forgotten. "There are lessons about life in those songs", she says "clues to the ways in which life was more honest and clear back in those times". There are new songs, too - often written by a current-day, little-known songwriter, but with music and message that she feels should be heard.

FMI: http://www.dalerobin.com

February 19, 2011

Delilah Poupore

Singer Songwriter Showcase

FMI: http://www.sacocoffeehouse.com

March 19, 2011

Jen Comeau Band

Jennifer Comeau peels away our tough layers and shifts us to a better place with her captivating stage presence, wit and grace. Her engineer’s mind and poet’s heart intermingle in a smart, soulful set of songs that can best be described as buoyant folk and blues. Jen’s earliest years in Buffalo, New York, were irrevocably influenced by the poignant Irish folk music of the 60’s, laced with the saucy R&B music of the 70’s. Jennifer wrote all of the songs on her debut CD, "Feed the Tribe". As a collection, they capture the duality of life -- its beauty and its messiness; the cosmic and the comic; what both stirs and saddens us.

FMI: http://www.jennifercomeau.com

April 16, 2011

Denny Breau

Denny has a dazzlingly clean, clear and rhythmically perfect guitar style, that reveals influences from many genres: country, folk, jazz, rock and blues. His songwriting is in the contemporary folk style, but without the confessional self-importance of many of today’s songwriters. Breau writes about life in Maine, life in general. Over the years, Denny has garnered numerous awards from the Maine Country Music Association. He earned Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Instrumentalist of the Year so many times that he was eventually retired from the running with an All-Time Greats award.

FMI: http://www.dennybreau.com/

May 21, 2011

Kristen Short and Friends

Kristen Short is a multi-genre singer/songwriter who delivers heartfelt, well-crafted original music with richly passionate vocals.

FMI: http://www.kshort.com

June 18, 2011

Rock My Soul Quintet

Rock My Soul is made up of members from varying faiths, backgrounds, professions, ages, you name it. Our common bond is the belief in the greater good of the human spirit, and through our music, we hope to reach across divides and bring audiences together. We believe that learning from our differences makes us stronger and more accepting, and in turn, we come to understand that each and every one of us is, really, the same.