Focus Music, a folk music organizer, will continue to provide delightful evenings of song at Tikvat Israel.
The show on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 pm will feature Cosy Sheridan and Cletus Kennelly.
Cosy Sheridan, an award-winning singer-songwriter. Her concerts are wide-ranging explorations — love songs for adults and practical philosophy for a complicated world. She has written about the stock market crash of 2008 and fallout from uranium mining in the American Southwest. She has re-written Greek myths. And then there are her signature parodies on aging and women.
Her lyrical dexterity is backed by her distinctive percussive guitar style.
Cletus Kennelly is an 11-time WAMMIE-winning singer, songwriter, and recording studio engineer/producer.
His eclectic music incorporates contemporary urban folk with elements of melodic pop and alternative rock. He accompanies his clear, passionate vocals with both the power and the delicacy of his 12-string guitar. His songs create vivid character portraits as they explore the gamut of human emotions, while using phonetic phrasing and word-play to accompany his rhythmic and percussive style of guitar playing.
Check out www.focusmusic.org for more information, including a schedule of Focus concerts at other venues.
Michael Amster, a TI board member, serves as the shul’s liaison to the concert promoters.
The FOCUS event will be staged at Tikvat Israel; light refreshments will be available for purchase during intermission. Advance tickets are available through FOCUS’s website. FOCUS member pricing for tickets purchased at the door will be extended to Tikvat Israel members. Tickets are $15 for Tikvat Israel members and $18 for non-members. They can be purchased on the website or at the door.
FOCUS is a non-profit organization whose mission “is to bring folk and acoustic music to a growing audience through performance, education and participation in the musical folk art.” Tikvat Israel and FOCUS have agreed to a partnership to bring folk music concerts to Tikvat Israel and the Montgomery County community.
