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2009
Newburyport
Riverfront Music Festival
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Sponsored
by: TD
Banknorth
Visit
the Bud Light Beer Garden!
Sponsored by
Bud
Light, the difference is
drinkability!
See
below for more sponsors! |
Friday
Night, July 10 @ 8 PM
Ticketed
Performance - click
here for tickets
The Firehouse Center for the Arts, Downtown Newburyport
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VIENNA
TENG
She shares her name with the Austrian home of Mozart and Beethoven. And she herself studied classical piano from the age of five. But there’s nothing old-world about the music of Vienna Teng, whose Zoë/Rounder Records debut brings to mind artists as diverse as Tori Amos, Simon & Garfunkel and
Radiohead. Teng has won accolades as much for her soprano vocals (“smooth and sophisticated,” says the Washington Times) as for her lyrics (“smart and introspective,” observes the Philadelphia Daily News). Meanwhile, the San Jose Mercury News calls Teng “a child of Chopin and Sarah
McLachlan.” Vienna Teng’s music is simply one of the most enchanting new sounds around.
Vienna
Teng's website |
Saturday,
July 11 @ 2 - 7 PM
FREE OUTDOOR
CONCERT
Waterfront Park, Downtown Newburyport
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FASTBALL
Formed in 1994 in Austin, TX, Fastball combine a fondness for melodic, Beatles-inspired pop with the alternative aesthetic of late-'90s mainstream rock. Guitarist/vocalist Miles Zuniga, bassist/vocalist Tony Scalzo, and drummer Joe Shuffield — all veterans of the underground rock scene — originally banded together under the name Magneto U.S.A., whose music became popular in the Austin region. After signing with Hollywood Records, the musicians changed their name to Fastball (sharing the name with the title of a baseball-themed pornographic film) and released their debut album, Make Your Mama Proud, in 1996.
Fastball
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ERIC HUTCHINSON
Few stories underscore the radical changes experienced by the post-millennial music industry than that of Eric Hutchinson. Originally nurtured and then abandoned by an established label started by a pop superstar, Hutchinson then got discovered by a much larger audience while unsigned, thanks to an online plug by a notorious Hollywood gossip. Born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., Hutchinson first began performing in public while attending Emerson College, a performing arts-oriented university located in downtown Boston.
Eric
Hutchinson's website |
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SAM ROBERTS BAND
Canadian singer/songwriter Sam Roberts released his first true debut in 2002, following a popular demo he had made in Montreal. Before that point, he had been a violin player who eventually moved on to guitar and started a rock band with his friends. The band didn't get any positive reactions from record labels and disbanded in 1998, but that didn't stop Roberts from going back to Canada and beginning to write again. He put together the aforementioned demo before sitting down to record his debut, The Inhuman Condition, which was released in 2002 and became the best-selling independent release in Canadian history.
Sam
Roberts Band website |
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KATIE
HERZIG
Katie Herzig broke out on her own after eight years as the frontwoman for Newcomers Home. Herzig was no stranger to the solo game, having released her first solo album, Watch Them Fall, in 2004, so it was no surprise when, following the dissolution of Newcomers Home in 2006, Herzig put together a second album, Weightless, which was released that summer. Comprised of quirky, heartfelt songs that nodded to twangy, warm-voiced artists like Devon Sproule and Neko Case, the album generated quite a bit of critical buzz, and several songs from the album found their way onto network television shows, notably Grey's Anatomy. Herzig spent the next two years playing gigs, collaborating with other artists, and writing new material, and she even managed to snag a 2007 Grammy nomination for one of her songs, "Heaven's My Home" (performed by the Duhks.
Katie
Herzig's website |
Thank
you to our Participating Sponsors:
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| Past
Riverfront Music Festival Artists: |
Blind
Melon
Jonatha Brooke
Bruce Cockburn
The Damnwells
deSoL
EJ Ouellette & Crazy Maggy
Joe Firstman
Jesse Harris
Hybrasil
James Hunter
Sonya Kitchell
Raul Malo
The Low Millions
Abra Moore
Shawn Mullins
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Johnette
Napolitano
Matt Nathanson
Need to Breathe
Nickel Creek
Chad Perrone
Grant Lee Phillips
Stephanie Schneiderman
Maia Sharpe
Sleudian Frip
The Brother Kite
The Subdudes
Vienna Teng
Martha Wainwright
The Young Dubliners |
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Directions
to Waterfront Park, Downtown Newburyport:
FROM
ROUTE 95:
Take exit 57 and follow signs to downtown Newburyport.
FROM
BOSTON:
Take Route 1
north to Route 95 north to exit 57. Follow signs to
downtown Newburyport.
FROM
ROUTE 495:
Follow Route 495 to Route 95 south to exit 57. Follow
signs to downtown Newburyport.
Waterfront
Park is located directly behind the Firehouse Center for
the Arts in Market Square.
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Parking
There are 3 municipal lots downtown - which are
free.
They are located at Green & Merrimac Streets, State
and Harris Streets (next to the Library) and on Prince
Place.
There are 2 lots along the Waterfront run by the Newburyport Redevelopment
Authority which will be charging $8 for parking. They are
located at either side of Waterfront Park along Merrimac
Street (West Lot) and Water Street (East Lot)
You may also park in legal spots on the street. If you
park in a nearby neighborhood, please be respectful of
residents and all parking laws - do not block fire
hydrants or driveways. Police will ticket or tow all cars
which are parked in illegal spaces.
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