Submitted by Anne-Marie Cannata McEwen
(November 1, 2022) —The Buttonwood Tree at 605 Main Street in Middletown announces the following events in November. Information on all shows can be found at www.Buttonwood.org or call (860) 347-4957 or email: TheButtonwoodTree@gmail.com
Friday, November 11, 2022 Knox Chandler & Bobo Lavorgna Present Soundribbons: Sessions In The Barn, An Evening of String Improvisations. This is the first in a series of collaborative performances featuring Knox and Bobo. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $10. Chandler’s career has spanned more than four decades, including performing, recording, arranging and producing, with such acts as REM, Depeche Mode, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithful, Natalie Merchant, Tricky, The Creatures, Dave Gahan Paper Monsters and The Golden Palominos. Bobo Lavorgna has performed and recorded with regional and national folk, rock, blues and jazz groups for fifty years, most recently with Brian Larney, The Bargain, 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mark Naftalin, Jake & the Family Jewels, Ebin-Rose Trio, The Modeans, Robert Silverman, Tommy Cosmo, The Mojomatics, and Bobo and the Unusuals.
Saturday, November 12, 2022: Jazz Vocalist and Trumpeter Leala Cyr. Show starts at 8:00 p.m.. Admission is $20. Leala Cyr is fast becoming one of the most sought-after jazz vocalists of her generation. A rare “double threat,” Cyr complements her impeccable vocals with a warm, golden tone on the trumpet. As a member of Esperanza Spalding’s “Radio Music and Chamber Music Societies,” she has performed around the world and has appeared on The Late Show, The Tonight Show, The View, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Austin City Limits, and more.In February 2019, Cyr released her debut album, First Instinct. A blend of originals and standards, the album showcases her unique talent for vocal improvisation as well as her ingenuity as a songwriter and arranger.
