Passim Streams: Jon Svetkey of The Loomers
When:
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020 4:00p -
5:00p
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020 4:00p -
5:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Music, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/217422866375184/
Jon Svetkey of The Loomers Live stream! Presented by Club Passim
Stream at:
https://www.facebook.com/clubpassim/live/
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Suggested donation: $25
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Stream begins: 4pm EDT
Watch Jon Svetkey perform from home during this time of social distancing! Donations will be split between the artist and Passim.
Back in the 1990s, before his current job as stay-at-home dad, Jon headlined at dozens of folk clubs, colleges and coffeehouses throughout the Northeast and Midwest. He shared co-bills and "writers-in-the-round" nights with the likes of Kristian Bush, Shawn Mullins, Peirce Pettis, Dar Williams, Jonatha Brooke, Martin Sexton and Carrie Newcomer. And he opened for legendary songwriters like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, John Wesley Harding, Peter Case, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler and David Mallett.
With Ellis Paul, Jim Infantino and Brian Doser, he founded End Construction Productions, the seminal songwriter's collective that is widely regarded as the catalyst for the resurgence of the New England folk scene in the early 1990s. Jon's first two solo albums, this is NOW and yeahyeahyeah, received tons of airplay on folk radio stations, as well as excellent reviews from critics and fans alike. His last solo album, Take A Breath, -- a live-in-one-take, career-up-to-that-moment retrospective of sorts -- was released in 2004.
In 1994, Jon formed The Loomers. They have released five albums of Jon's songs -- Reeling Down A Road (2010), Tomorrow Today (2006), Shine (2004), Simple As That (1998), and Escalation (1997) -- and, despite leading full lives with jobs and children, still manage to gig regularly. Jon's songs have appeared on CBS, Cinemax, The CW, MTV, NBC, PBS, The Dr. Demento Show and several nationally distributed compilation albums.
Jon has also sung, or played guitar, on albums by Ellis Paul, Don Conoscenti, and Jim Infantino to drop just a few names. He has written a bunch of songs with folksinger Don White. He and his wife, Heather Quay, have a folk duo called THE YELLOW ROOM, and they also perform in the holiday rock band Jonny Kringle and The Wondaland Band.
Visit www.Loomers.com for more information.
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