Last Dance Productions client Hayley Reardon says she first picked up a guitar during the summer before sixth grade because she was bored. Her dad showed her some chords, and pretty soon after she started writing songs. Reardon’s debut album, “Where the Artists Go,” will be released on Oct. 23, with a release party and performance at Club Passim on Oct. 21 which has already sold out! She recently spoke with WBUR Morning Edition host Bob Oakes about her music.
Since her showcase at the International Folk Alliance in February 2010, Last Dance Productions client,16-year-old Hayley Reardon has exploded onto the stage of folk music. Besides featuring in the soon-to-be-released documentary “Club 47” and producing her first full length LP, she developed an in-school performance program, “Find Your Voice,” to encourage peer empowerment through self-expression. Hayley’s new release, “Where the Artists Go,” is, in her own words, the product of the “focus on what I wanted to say with my art…a sense of freedom that folk empowers me to say it the way I want to.”
Details for the show here Details about Hayley here
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On March 28, 2010, 100 people witnessed history at Club Passim as Tom Rush marked 50 years of performing. The concert was a benefit for Last Dance Productions client The New England Folk Music Archives.
The legendary Jim Rooney joined Tom on stage. The performance was recorded by filmmaker Todd Kwiatt of who is working on a documentary on Tom’s life.
Tom Rush and Jim Rooney (Photo: Brian Quinn)
Last Dance Productions Client New England Folk Music Archives has been involved in the making of this new Todd Kwait musical documentary.
The documentary film “For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival” tells the story of the iconic folk coffeehouse in Cambridge Massachusetts, from 1958 – 1968. The film features interviews with Joan Baez, Tom Rush, Jim Kweskin, Jackie Washington, Deb Green, Judy Collins, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur and others, It features performances by many of the Club 47 stars, emerging folk singers, and previously unreleased recordings from Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
The film will be premiering at the Boston International Film Festival on April 17.
Since 2009 Last Dance Productions Client The New England Folk Music Archives has been dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and documentation of the vital legacy of New England folk music. With the help of grants from the Grammy Foundation, ASCAP, the Cambridge Arts Council, as well as support from the Cambridge Historical Society, they have developed a rich archive of photographs, audio tapes, and other memorabilia from the heyday of the Folk Revival of the late 50s and 60s. At Club Passim: Now until May 1.
Photo features Betsy Siggins, Bob Dylan, Maria Muldaur
