The Linden Tree Concert‘s 39th season continues on Saturday, March 9 with veteran singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey. Mulvey has recently released a new 18-song solo album, “More Notes From Elsewhere.” That is already receiving great reviews. Mike Laureanno, our Winter Potpourri winner, will perform an opening set.
Mulvey has been a songwriter, road dog, raconteur, and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since.
Mulvey has kept busy with 19 records; an illustrated book; thousands of live performances; a TEDx talk; a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp; opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Chuck Prophet; appearances on NPR; and an annual autumn tour by bicycle supporting causes such as the Trustees of Reservations. Mulvey never stops. He has built his life’s work on collaboration and an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. Mulvey folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry, social justice, scientific literacy, and a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art. His music is inventive with roots in rock and roll, folk, jazz, spoken word, and Americana. For more information on Mulvey, visit his website at petermulvey.com
Laureanno was the audience favorite at December’s Winter Potpourri. He is a passionate performer, with songs that are visceral and evocative. He is proud of his roots and many of his songs deal with his gritty blue-collar hometown and the lives of his friends and family. His excellence as a songwriter was proven when he won the 2017 Wildflower, Texas songwriting contest. For more information on Laureanno, visit his website at mikelaureanno.com
Tickets for this show will be $25 and $10 for those younger than 18. WUMB members receive a $2 discount with their membership card. We accept cash or personal check at the door. Reservations are recommended for preferential seating by calling 781-246-2836. Masks are recommended but not required.
The Linden Tree Coffeehouse, which is in its 39th season of acoustic music, is located in the social hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church at 326 Main St. in Wakefield. For more information, see www.LindenTreeCoffeehouse.org and our Facebook page.
