• First Encounter Coffeehouse: Denya LeVine, Julie Charland, and Mark O’Leary

    Chapel in the Pines 220 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

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    Julie Charland, Denya LeVine, and Mark O’Leary, all Cape Cod performers, present an evening of folk and acoustic music, sea songs, ballads, jigs and reels, all accented with a pinch of poetry and a lot of humor. Their guitar, fiddle, ukulele, percussion and vocal harmonies sparkle with joyous energy.

    Nashville recording artist and award-winning songwriter Julie Charland performs locally with the band Toast and Jam. Denya LeVine has performed on Cape Cod with folk and Celtic bands for decades. Julie and Denya have entertained audiences on and off Cape for 15 years. Mark O’Leary is a former full-time folk and Irish musician with a large repertoire of songs. Both Denya and Mark host folk-and-acoustic radio programs on WOMR (92.1 FM Provincetown, 91.3 FM Orleans, online at WOMR.ORG) Come laugh, cry, and raise the roof with this lively local trio!

    Concerts​
    7:00 Door, Show @ 7:30pm
    Admission $25.00

  • First Encounter Coffeehouse: Catie Curtis

    Chapel in the Pines 220 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

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    For over 25 years, Catie toured full-time in the US and Europe, releasing 14 recordings and selling over 250,000 CDs (not to mention streaming and downloads). She has recorded for major (EMI Guardian) and independent (Rykodisc, Vanguard and Compass) labels, collaborating with some of the finest musicians and producers in the country. Before the pandemic, she continued to play shows for a legion of fans who shared stories with her at the merch table night after night. Her songs have been featured in films and tv shows, and she performed several times at the White House during the Obama administration. She’s intensely grateful for those years and honored to know that her music has been an integral part of so many people’s lives.
    Have you ever been to a show where you feel an invisible wall between you and the performer? Catie Curtis pulls the walls down.” – Mary Chapin Carpenter (Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter)

    Concerts​
    7:00 Door, Show @ 7:30pm
    Admission $25.00

  • First Encounter Coffeehouse: Richard Shindel

    Chapel in the Pines 220 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

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    Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human experience through narrative song. Shindell has inhabited a Zen Buddhist monastery and busked in the streets of Paris.
    Originally from New York, now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. Meticulously recorded over three years in New York and Buenos Aires, his most recent release, Careless, offered an ambitious, luxurious, full- length statement. Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play—as each of these eleven songs was given form and substance. While his signature acoustic guitar style is used to good effect, Careless also found Shindell plugging in more. “The wider sonic and dynamic range of the electric has been a real inspiration. Rejuvenating.”

    Concerts​
    7:00 Door, Show @ 7:30pm
    Admission $25.00

  • First Encounter Coffeehouse: The Nields

    Chapel in the Pines 220 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA, United States

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    With their unparalleled ability to blend pop craftsmanship, folk sensibility, and the influences of ’60s classic rock and ’90s alternative, The Nields have created a distinctive musical style that defies categorization. Their songs, imbued with intelligence and occasional humor, offer poignant observations on life’s unexpected twists and turns. Apple Music describes their sound as “equal parts The Beatles, the cranberries, and Joni Mitchell,” a testament to their unique fusion of melodic sensibilities
    Having earned their stripes with 21 albums, major and independent record and publishing deals, and performances alongside luminaries such as 10,000 Maniacs, The Band, James Taylor, and the Indigo Girls, The Nields have unquestionably paid their dues, paving their own path, forging a remarkable musical legacy that continues to captivate audiences around the world.

    Concerts​
    7:00 Door, Show @ 7:30pm
    Admission $25.00