Susie Burke & David Surette

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Hours:	Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Burke's vocal style is at once stunning and heartfelt, and is matched by Surette's fluid fretwork. Both are well-respected within the folk music community, as is demonstrated by the fact that they have appeared as backing musicians on numerous recordings.

Many of these have come out of the New Hampshire Seacoast area, where Susie and David are based, and which has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for folk and acoustic music. Susie Burke has been singing on Seacoast stages since the early 80s, as a soloist, a member of several local bands, and in several duos, including one with guitar whiz Harvey Reid.

Her musical tastes and influences are varied and many, encompassing contemporary and traditional folk, swing, country, topical songs, and acapella singing, with detours along the way for Broadway showtunes and classic ballads.

'She posesses one of the finest, purest ballad sopranos heard in folk music today' writes Scott Alarik in the Boston Globe, noting that 'her phrasing is unerringly devoted to the lyric' and that 'Burke displays a gift for pulling honest emotional chords - all too rare in these clever and cynical times.' Before devoting her energies to music full-time, Burke worked as a day-care teacher, and her love of kids is evident in her wonderful participatory children's concerts.

David Surette has been performing in the Seacoast area since the mid-80s, both with Susie and with a number of other groups and musicians. He is well-known as a top-notch accompanist in New England's contra dance and Celtic music circles, and is also in demand as a studio musician.

http://www.burkesurette.com/

Suggested donation $15/$12 advance reservation and JPTC members + $1 preservation fee.
Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00

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notloB Folk Concerts has produced not-for-profit concerts in the greater Boston area since 2007. The series is volunteer-run; 100% of the donations go to the musicians and production expenses.

'In this era of pop-driven acoustic music, notloB is keeping the folk tradition alive.' ~ Jack Hardy

coming up...
February 4 ~ Julie Metcalf & Andy Reiner @ Loring-Greenough House, JP
February 17 ~ Kimberly Fraser, Brian Conway & Mark Simos, Unity Somerville
March 2 ~ Eric McDonald & Katie McNally @ Loring-Greenough House, JP

COST

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Suggested donation $15/$12 advance reservation and JPTC members + $1 preservation fee. Well-behaved children free.

WEBSITE

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sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/

LOCATION

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12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130 map
Phone: (617) 524-3158

The historic Loring-Greenough House has been at the intersection of South and Centre Streets in JP for 260 years.

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The space is intimate, reservations suggested - notlobreservations at gmail dot com