Saturday, June 20, 12-6pm | Brought to you by Arlington Center for the Arts
Acoustic covers across multiple decades (from the 60s to 2000s) and genres (from folk and classic rock to today’s alternative music and international). Taking the audience on a journey featuring songs from a wide range of bands and singers such as the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Billy …
BETTER LATE – a Boston based band, founded in 2024. The four of us draw on the musical sources, styles and traditions each of us love, interpreting classic and obscure covers, and performing our own eclectic originals. We play acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, upright and electric basses, harmonicas and percussion, and craft unique vocal …
Hi, my name’s Don Hammontree, I’m a solo singer/songwriter who’s interested in performing at Porchfest. I have a number of solo records out, as well as work with the bands Bad Fogelberg and Why England Slept, and my influences include U2, Ritchie Blackmore, Aimee Mann, Matthew Sweet and the Blue Nile. You can sample my …
Stevie Subrizi (they/she) is a genderqueer songwriter/poet who lives in the greater Boston area. Their songs have drawn comparisons to Lou Reed, Billy Bragg, Violent Femmes, and the Mountain Goats, with lyrics dubbed “urgent and political” with a “free-flow, conversational style” (Allston Pudding) that is “carried by earnestness and empathy” (Worcester Magazine). You can hear their music at https://steviesubrizi.bandcamp.com/.
Winner of the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award for Songwriting, Rob writes songs that harken to Appalachian ballads, country blues, and spirituals, as well as contemporary Americana, resulting in what has been described by Folk Radio WUMB 91.9 FM as “the rare ability to write songs that seem like they’ve always been there.” Rob typically …
The Smoking Gospel is the solo-ish project of Arlingtonian Kevin Junker. Music that starts as bedroom pop ends up re-arranged for varying configurations of live band, with anywhere from 1-7 additional members. thesmokinggospel.bandcamp.com more info