We would like to thank our members, featured performers and the Medford Arts Center for helping us get our group off to a great start. Over the past months, we have developed many solid friendships (both social and musical) which we believe will help SJARMS become an important and lasting fixture in the regional music scene for years to come.
Although it’s fun to reflect on the many great performances (and other events) from the past year, we’re looking onward and upward, and have been doing everything we can to snag some of the finest roots musicians around to play for us in 2012. Here is a preview of next year’s featured performers:
In addition to these great performances, we will continue hosting open mics, jams, presentations, workshops, social events and special concerts. We hope you’ll swell the crowd.
On Monday,September 10th, Nashville-based singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist Mean Mary James will be performing for SJARMS.
Mary is somewhat of a musical prodigy—she could read music before she could read words and co-wrote songs at age five. By age seven she was proficient on the guitar, banjo, & violin, and entertained audiences across the US with her vocal and instrumental skills. Her life has been one long road show interspersed with TV, radio, and film. She has recorded 12 CDs and performed on more than 500 live TV shows and over 4,000 road shows—including national festivals, fairs, cruises, colleges, theatres, clubs and house concerts.
Here is a clip from a recent radio show Mary did:
Mary will be performing her unique blend of original and traditional music in the intimate and totally acoustic setting of the Medford Arts Center. As always, an acoustic jam will follow the performance. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
The MAC is located at 18 North Main Street, in beautiful, historic Medford, NJ. Doors open at 7pm. The performance is free to SJARMS members and first time visitors. $10 for visitors who have already been to one of our meetings but have not yet joined as a member.
