The Cranberry Coffeehouse 2007-2008 First Half Season September 15 – Joe Crookston - Joe Crookston was born and raised in rural Ohio with Hungarian musical blood in his veins, and a passion for music that he inherited from his late mother. In 1987 while studying classical guitar, Crookston attended The Kent State Folk Festival…His life was changed… Joe sold his electric guitar, bought a steel string and never looked back. “His guitar playing, bubbling banjo and creative performance style exude a remarkable intergenerational, universal, and timeless quality. On stage, he is intense one moment and playful the next. He truly creates magic at his live shows and can unify a roomful of people creating a shared, powerful musical experience. October 20 – Annie and The Hedonists a band covering an eclectic mix of acoustic folk, torchy blues, standards, bluegrass, gospel, labor ballads, early jazz, . the sultry, blues-tinged singing of Annie Rosen and tight group harmonies are framed by a variety of knockout lead instruments including guitar, mandolin, trumpet, keyboards and dobro which will provide a wonderfully varied evening. November 17 - Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform throughout the U.S. as well as overseas, singing songs and telling stories from the American folk tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing for over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author. He accompanies himself with fingerstyle picking and bottleneck blues guitar, banjo, and spoons. Rhonda Rucker is an accomplished harmonica, piano, banjo, and bones player, and also adds vocal harmonies to their songs. December 9 - (Special Presentation) Nowell Sing We Clear in the Sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Time: 2 o'clock. Nowell Sing We Clear celebrates Christmas as it was known for centuries in Britain and North America and as it continues in many places to the present. The songs come from an age when the midwinter season was a time for joyous celebration and vigorous expression of older, perhaps pagan, religious ideas. While much of the singing is done in unaccompanied style, the pageant is also stamped with the energetic dance band sound of fiddle, button accordion, electric piano, drums, and concertina. Nowell are John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis. This is not to be The Cranberry Coffeehouse 2007-2008 First Half Season September 15 – Joe Crookston - Joe Crookston was born and raised in rural Ohio with Hungarian musical blood in his veins, and a passion for music that he inherited from his late mother. In 1987 while studying classical guitar, Crookston attended The Kent State Folk Festival…His life was changed… Joe sold his electric guitar, bought a steel string and never looked back. “His guitar playing, bubbling banjo and creative performance style exude a remarkable intergenerational, universal, and timeless quality. On stage, he is intense one moment and playful the next. He truly creates magic at his live shows and can unify a roomful of people creating a shared, powerful musical experience. October 20 – Annie and The Hedonists a band covering an eclectic mix of acoustic folk, torchy blues, standards, bluegrass, gospel, labor ballads, early jazz, . the sultry, blues-tinged singing of Annie Rosen and tight group harmonies are framed by a variety of knockout lead instruments including guitar, mandolin, trumpet, keyboards and dobro which will provide a wonderfully varied evening. November 17 - Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform throughout the U.S. as well as overseas, singing songs and telling stories from the American folk tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing for over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author. He accompanies himself with fingerstyle picking and bottleneck blues guitar, banjo, and spoons. Rhonda Rucker is an accomplished harmonica, piano, banjo, and bones player, and also adds vocal harmonies to their songs. December 9 - (Special Presentation) Nowell Sing We Clear in the Sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Time: 2 o'clock. Nowell Sing We Clear celebrates Christmas as it was known for centuries in Britain and North America and as it continues in many places to the present. The songs come from an age when the midwinter season was a time for joyous celebration and vigorous expression of older, perhaps pagan, religious ideas. While much of the singing is done in unaccompanied style, the pageant is also stamped with the energetic dance band sound of fiddle, button accordion, electric piano, drums, and concertina. Nowell are John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis. This is not to be missed Note: there will be no regular Saturday Cranberry Coffeehouse on December 15th. Middle Set - The Cranberry Coffeehouse encourages all musicians, vocalists, story tellers, and dancers to share their talents in the middle set. Middle set performances are limited to 5 minutes Contact: e-mail/cranberrycoffeehouse@yahoo.com or phone/Chris at 607-754-9437 or Lee at 607-729-1641 Note: there will be no regular Saturday Cranberry Coffeehouse on December 15th. Middle Set - The Cranberry Coffeehouse encourages all musicians, vocalists, story tellers, and dancers to share their talents in the middle set. Middle set performances are limited to 5 minutes Contact: e-mail/cranberrycoffeehouse@yahoo.com or phone/Chris at 607-754-9437 or Lee at 607-729-1641