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"Gail is one of the best ballad singers I’ve ever heard." "Captures the pathos and fun in a wide ranging repertoire." "A thorough delight…singing with an angelic softness.”These are a few reviews in the press about Gail over her forty years performing in the Boston area folk scene. She accompanies herself on Appalachian dulcimer, guitar and ukulele.
She'll be joined by Paul Loranger on bass, Woody Carpinella on guitar and Lori Fassman on vocals, and her daughter Hannah Shihdanian on a few songs!
Although Paul Loranger has spent most his adult life in the Los Angeles area, he grew up in Boston MA and has recently returned to Massachusetts. At an early age he developed an interest in bass but it wasn’t til HS that he began playing. By
his senior year he was playing jazz standards in the Boston area.
At 22 he began touring. Paul has toured in blues, blues rock and traditional country bands internationally, in every state in the US, and every country in Europe. He has also toured Australia, Japan, Africa and South America. Paul has recorded for numerous artists in various genres including pop, pop country, traditional country, alt country, rock, blues rock, bluegrass and jazz.
Woody Carpinella has been playing guitar since the mid-60’s in Beatles and Rolling Stones cover bands, toured with R&B bands, and playing occasionally with rock, country rock, disco and funk bands. He was a folkie in high school, listening to Tom Rush, Leo Kottke and Joni Mitchell. In 2010, Ellen Schmidt was influential in developing his career in the Boston folk scene.
Lori Fassman has been singing since she was a child, belting out songs by folk-rock legends such as Carole King and Bonnie Raitt, and she started performing when she moved to the Boston area in the late '80s. She sings with a folk music quartet called The Simones (named after her late cat), which has been together almost 30 years. These days she spends much of her spare time producing concerts and doing other volunteer jobs for folk organizations like the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (FSSGB) and the New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA).
Not able to attend? This event will be live-streamed on YouTube.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
47 Palmer Street, Cambridge MA, 28 Church St, Cambridge, MA 02138-3716, United States,Cambridge, Massachusetts
