The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Buttonwood Tree offers plenty of music this month
MIDDLETOWN — The Buttonwood Tree has scheduled concerts throughout the month of June. Most concerts require tickets and reservations. For information and reservations, call 860-3474957 or visit www.buttonwood.org . The center is located at 605 Main St., Middletown.
Friday, June 15: Danny Green Trio CD release concert for “One Day It Will,” with a pre-concert master class. Green will perform with his longstanding trio featuring bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm on Friday, June 15 at 8 p.m. at The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown. Tickets $15, $10 students. The musicians will present a pre-concert master class from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets $15, $10 students. Tickets for concert and master class $25, $15 students. For information call 860-347-4957 or visit http://buttonwood.org/ event/the-danny-greentrio/.
Saturday, June 16: Jon McAuliffe in concert, 8 p.m., $15. While his main influences are primarily basic Americana (blues, rhythm & blues, early rock & roll, pre-plastic country music, gospel, traditional, modern and post-modern folk music, and a smattering of pop), his appreciation for jazz from the early 1920s up to and including the bebop era, have had an effect in ways that aren't immediately noticed. His primary songwriting influences are common enough (Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Percy Mayfield, Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, Sr., Tampa Red and John Hiatt to name a few) and his vocal stylings reflect Ray Charles, the early Elvis Presley, Dylan, Lightfoot, Hiatt, Levon Helm, and Stephen Stills among others. Learn more at jonmcauliffe.com/bio/
Friday, June 29: Singer/ songwriter Jann Klose, 8 p.m,. $15. Klose recently released a new album, “In Tandem,” a collaborative pop recording with Annie Haslam (Renaissance),
Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, Ziyon (Liquideep), Peter Gabriel, Tlale Makhene, James Stewart (The Usual), Larry Beckett (Tim Buckley).
Saturday, June 30: Music festival and silent auction at Lyman Orchards during the Food Trucks on the Farm Festival. No admission charge. Some of the best food trucks around will be serving their personalized cuisine, and Lyman Orchards will debut their new hard apple cider, 'Connecticut Crisp.' A silent auction will feature a Fender electric guitar and amp, a new acoustic guitar, artworks, jewelry from Mallove's Jewelers and others, Spa packages, Restaurant gift certificates and much more! Proceeds from the auction will help Buttonwood purchase a new sound system and lighting. Live music will be heard throughout the day, from 11 am to 5:30 or so, featuring a number of our favorite local groups and performers, including Charter Oak Band, Andy Buzzi, Mattabesset String Collective, the Terri and Rob Duo, HannaH's Field, Steve Dedman (of The Plywood Cowboys), and Washboard Slim and The Bluelights.