The silky velvet voice and melodic, tender folk and Americana tunes John John Brown sings will immediately relax the soul and bring the listening audience to a place of peace. Whether he is singing The Road, On Black Friday I Met Jesus, or the whimsical Armadillo Song, he will draw you in right away.
On Sunday, February 23 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. the Hendrick Hudson Free Library Coffeehouse Concert series presents Storytelling Songs & Art with John John Brown in the Constance Dyckman Community Room.
Armed with his guitar, John John Brown’s “Songs, Stories, & Art — Lessons from Strangers” weaves storytelling songs and visual arts together in live performance. He brings together iconic photographs, giant comics, visual arts, and moving panoramas. This unique, hour-long program is guaranteed to entertain and inform audiences.
In a world that often moves too fast, Brown reminds us that there is still something powerful in a great story, something mysterious in an old photograph, and something meaningful in American folk music.
The protagonists in his stories come from all walks of life — an aging Vietnam Vet, a trumpet-playing orphan, a married couple debating evolution, and a young man with mental illness wandering the aisles of Walmart.
Steeped in storytelling and fingerpicking, John John Brown is deep in the singer-songwriter tradition. He’s a 2020 Kerrville New Folk Festival winner, a winner of the South Florida Folk Fest, an Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and an invited performer at the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock at the original site of the legendary festival.
“John John Brown is one of those musicians you remember long after the show is over. Not only does he paint pictures with his words and music but he enhances some of his songs with actual photographs that the song is based on accompanied by a mini history of the iconic photo. Fascinating and compelling,” said Alice Schaefer, President, Americana Community Music Association (1)
The Coffeehouse Concert Series is free with no registration required. The Hendrick Hudson Free Library is located at 185 Kings Ferry Rd. in Montrose, NY. Visit the Hendrick Hudson Free Library website, Facebook and Instagram pages for more information.
For more information on John John Brown, visit his website, his Facebook and YouTube page, and listen and follow him on iTunes, Spotify, and Soundcloud.
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