All Pawtucket All The Time

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents An Evening With Priscilla Herdman on December 12, 2009. She will be accompanied by Max Cohen on guitar.

Stone Soup is located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 50 Park Place, Pawtucket, RI.  Concerts start at 8:00 PM; tickets are $ 15.00 in advance through PayPal on our website or $17.00 at the door. (Stone Soup is wheelchair-accessible.)

Priscilla Herdman is a singer’s singer and one of the most admired interpreters of contemporary folk music.  Audiences know her as an extraordinary song finder and an eloquent performer.  They come to hear her sing and to sing with her.  They are embraced by her warm and powerful performance.  She has performed nationally for over thirty years and has just released her 13th CD, “Into The Stars.”  Her previous albums include the highly acclaimed releases “The Road Home” and “Forever & Always,” three award winning family collections; “Stardreamer,” “Daydreamer” and “Moondreamer” and three trio albums with friends Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen.

Herdman is known for her stunning vocals, her thoughtful selection of material by writers both familiar and new to the listener, and for the delicate yet rich production of each project. “Into the Stars” is an inspired collection that celebrates the beauty of the night sky and the wonder of the universe that surrounds us. Her long time love of all things celestial and her fascination with the Hubble Space Telescope photographs, led her to gather these songs which relate both literally and metaphorically to the universe and night sky.

The songs range from deeply emotional and romantic to playful and imaginative. Some take a narrative ballad approach (Underneath the Stars, Sail Away, Vincent, Ideas Are Like Stars), some connect to the theme more literally (Satellite Sky, The Galaxy Song, Pleiades, Blue Boat Home) and some poetically (The Play, Firefly Lights, Comet, The Moon’s Song).

Rolling Stone Magazine has described Herdman as having  “Excellent taste in material and an elegant, pitch-perfect voice.”  She has recently joined forces with Massachusetts’ guitarist Max Cohen, whose exquisite finger-style playing is a perfect compliment to Priscilla’s elegant and powerful vocals.  His musicianship has drawn accolades from critics and fans alike. As one anonymous listener commented, “what I love about Max is that he can play a thousand notes a second, and he knows exactly when not to.”

Priscilla Herdman’s website is http://www.priscillaherdman.com

Max Cohen’s website is http://www.myspace.com/guitaristmaxcohen

Photo accessed from website (credit: Susan Herdman)