Mad Agnes, Stuart Markus likes to say, is what happens when 3 incredibly creative, talented, classically trained musicians devote themselves to folk music. It ain’t your typical 3-chord songs!
Mad Agnes has won hearts on two continents with their signature intricate harmonies and compelling songwriting. The genre-bending trio—Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones and Mark Saunders—weaves contemporary folk with a nod to Celtic, an element of vocal improv and top-notch arrangements into an exciting, inclusive performance.
Lately using only one microphone, early-radio style, they transport and tickle audiences using guitars, mandolin, percussion, an inventive keyboard and three-part harmonies as tight as jeans from the dryer.
Their 5th and most recent album, Likely Story – An Eclectic Collection of Songs for the Soul, hit the Top-10 on the Folk Alliance International Radio Chart this past February. Check out their website here.
The Ethical Humanist Society was thrilled to revive the Our Times Coffeehouse on May 3, 2024, with folk songwriting legend Christine Lavin!
Photo credit: Sarah Coale
One of the most beloved talents to emerge from the Greenwich Village/Fast Folk scene of the 1980s, Christine Lavin has been putting audiences in stitches, bringing them to the edge of tears, then back to hysterical laughter with her incredible songwriting wit. Among the topics she’s tackled are doing things one doesn’t particularly enjoy for the sake of a relationship, misplacing one’s glasses, the downgrading of Pluto’s planetary status, and the kind of love one never recovers from.
Christine Lavin has been called “a fearless folk-zinger” by the Orlando Sentinel, “wildly entertaining” by The New Yorker, and “a fresh kick in the pants!” by the late Paul Newman. She is currently working on her 26th solo album, “On My Way to Hooterville,” and has produced a dozen compilation albums with other songwriters whose artistry she admires.
In our 30+ years of existence, the Our Times Coffeehouse is proud to have hosted many wonderful evenings of music. Following is a partial list of just some of the performers who have graced our stage. Please browse the list, visit their web sites, listen to their music and help support these great musicians.
In memory of Freyda Epstein