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Join us for a night of original heartfelt songs, including some Love songs! Tickets $20
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Mark & Raianne are a married couple who entertain with unmistakable vocal harmonies, poetic lyrics and down-to-earth personae. These musically talented artists have contributed over seventeen albums within their first decade and toured consistently throughout the US and Canada. Accompanying themselves on guitar, Mandolin, harmonica, ukulele, penny whistle, electric bass, tenor guitar and most uniquely clarinet, their live performances are both musically captivating and spiritually uplifting as audiences are carefully balanced between serious songs and humorous commentary.
Making Promises (2024) is the fourth eponymous studio release by contemporary folk songwriters Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards. This album replete with poetic lyrics, sophisticated musical arrangements, and mellifluous vocal harmonies will be a welcome addition to your collection from their twenty-year partnership. Much of the material inspired by their recent marriage in 2021 reflects on themes of love, desires, perseverance and promises, with much of the music sparsely arranged as duets with upright bass accompaniment by longtime friend Zack Ciras (see indie-folk trio the accident that led me to the world). Two compositions recorded between 2021-2023 include bandmates Doug Williamson (piano) and Peter Hart (pedal steel), with the majority recorded in Northfield Massachusetts during December 2023.
Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards Photo by Trailing Twine Photography
In addition to writing and performing, Mark and Raianne have founded the Massachusetts Walking Tour now in its fourteenth year. The annual tour raises awareness of local greenspace throughout their home state, organizing daily public hikes and free community concerts each June. www.masswalkingtour.org
They also serve as music educators for local community music school Blackstone Valley Music located in Uxbridge Massachusetts, leading one-on-one private lessons, yearly rock band camps for teens, a monthly community coffeehouse and open mic and community ukulele groups. In 2024 Mark and Raianne established a board and helped form a non-profit entity (Blackstone Valley Music and Performing Arts Collaborative, BVMPAC for short) to further develop the quality music instruction and programs provided to the area since 2009. Future programs include creating a student orchestra for home school and tech school students who would have no access otherwise, creating a theatre program and eventually music scholarships to prevent income from being a barrier to someone in need getting music lessons. Please visit www.blackstonevalleymusic.com for more information.
For more information on Mark and Raianne, concert dates, music, and video, please visit www.markandraianne.com. Follow them on social media @markandraianne
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Booklovers' Gourmet, 72 E Main St,Webster, Massachusetts, United States
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