8 PM
Unity Hall
All Souls UU Congregation
19 Jay St., New London, CT 06320
For the past twenty-eight years, Geoff Kaufman has been leading audiences to find truth, humor, and beauty in folk music. Whether singing sailor songs with his quartet, Forebitter; or environmental songs on board the Sloop Clearwater in the Hudson River; or in solo performances at coffeehouses throughout the northeastern United States and festivals in Europe, Geoff has entertained and touched audiences near and far.
Songs of the sea, songs of the earth, songs of the heart and the spirit—all of these are in Geoff Kaufman’s ditty bag. Ancient ballads, work songs, and songs of love; poignant songs of people in struggle, humorous glimpses of human foibles, and insights into history—all of these are likely to be woven into one of Geoff’s concerts.
Ida Red is one part Street Urchin, one part Wharf Rat, and one part Vamp. Stirred with a twist of strings, this group makes a cocktail that will knock you off your stool. Ida Red blossomed out of the traditional folk music scene of 1990s New York City and has taken old school harmony singing and acoustic arrangements through the spinner of modern influence, the byways of America, and wrung out a new kind of folk. Erica Smith, Alison Kelley, and Daphne Glover, newly joined by Craig Edwards are Ida Red, toured nationally this October.