The Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series resumes on October 1, 2016 with a featured performance by No Fuss and Feathers at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off Route 25A, Centerport). The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $25 ($20 for FMSH members), may be purchased in advance online at www.fmsh.org using a credit card or at the door (cash and checks only). For more information, visit the website or call (631) 425-2925.
No Fuss and Feathers is the New York-based “heck-of-a-good-time” collaboration hatched by The YaYas (Catherine Miles and Jay Mafale), Karyn Oliver, and Carolann Solebello. The group — which released its first CD, Traveling Circus, earlier this year — opened for Tom Paxton during the 2015 Huntington Folk Festival, while its individual members have all previously performed for FMSH.
Onstage, No Fuss and Feathers is a dynamic, cohesive cocktail of delicious harmonies, infectious rhythm, and spontaneous hilarity — with award-winning songwriting always at center stage. Individually, the four are nationally touring performers who have charted at the top of Folk and Americana radio and appeared on stage at some of the nation’s most respected festivals and venues. Collectively, they are an incorrigible bunch of musical co-conspirators bent on giving their audience an unforgettable show.
Carolann, Karyn, Catherine, and Jay are four long-time friends who tour independently of each other, but decided it would be fun to play together sometimes. What started out as an occasional songwriters-in-the-round side project quickly evolved into a full-fledged band. Sometimes referred to as a modern folk quartet, No Fuss and Feathers is truly a mix of the styles of the three songwriting entities: pop-infused-literate folk, bluesy-country-tinged acoustic, and Brooklyn-edged-Americana.
More information about and performance videos of No Fuss and Feathers may be found online at www.nofussandfeathers.com.
Now in its 48th year, the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents two monthly concert series, a monthly folk jam, and an annual folk festival in conjunction with the Huntington Arts Council. Its monthly Hard Luck Café series, held in partnership with Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre, resumes on Thursday night, Oct. 20, with a split bill featuring Long Island-based artists The Folk Goddesses and Tom Griffith.
(photo by Paul Silverman)
