Summer 2018: Paradox Brewery's Magical Music Line Up
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Big Time Kitty plays August 11.
Nothing quite beats the atmosphere of a listening to music, under a big tent, drinking a cold beer on a hot day! And that's what's served up every Saturday at Schroon's Paradox Brewery. Founders Paul and Joan Mrocka have curated a stellar line up of local talent for the Summer of 2018. Here is the schedule. Just click on each band's name to learn more about them.
July 21st Willie Playmore
July 28th Phil Camp
Phil Camp plays July 28.
August 4th – Stone Rose
August 11 Big Time Kitty
August 18th Lucia and Levi
August 25th Rich Ortiz
September 1st Stones Mountain Band –
September 8th – Rich Ortiz
Monica Rizzio Plays Schroon July 24, 2018
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Tuesday July 24th at 7:30 p.m. in the Boathouse Tickets $20 and are available by calling (518) 532-9259 and from brownpapertickets.com
Americana roots artist Monica Rizzio takes the stage at the the Boathouse in Schroon on Tuesday, July 24. Monica is affectionately known as the Washashore Cowgirl.
How did she get that name? Check out her official bio:
not born there a Washahore. In Texas, a young girl barrel-raced on Pleasant Valley Ranch and had never seen the ocean. So when Monica Rizzio crossed over the iconic bridges of Cape Cod in 2004, she instantly became the Washashore Cowgirl. The former Tripping Lily front woman has left behind the acoustic, condenser mic style and has brought her East Texas roots up North for her debut LP fittingly named, “Washashore Cowgirl.” After leaving the band in 2013, she purchased a 1956 Martin O-18, named it Bo, and plugged in.
For the next few years she started playing with a bunch of salty, accomplished Cape Cod musicians who helped bring back the cowgirl attitude and inspired her to write about her sometimes humorous, sometimes tear-jerking journey from Texas, love, and heartache. Much of the album is like a sti cocktail, deeply auto-biographical and mixed with a hint of fiction. Rizzio wanted to write a song about one of her musical idols and penned “Willie Nelson” while being snowed in during a Nor’Easter.
After channeling her inner-willie for a couple of days, she found herself in a love a air with an older man, in a tale of two cities, with forgotten yesterdays. This ode to Willie Nelson won finalist in the 31st annual Songwriters of Washington (SAW) competition. A song that never was meant to be recorded was actually a wedding gift to her husband called “Luckier Than You” which she played at their reception. It is an ironic song, because her husband is definitely the lucky one, yet it bravely shares an intimate part of her life. This theme of being transparent through her songwriting was natural, therapeutic, and long overdue.
The title track, “Washashore Cowgirl” is the culmination of growing up with a mullet in the bible-heavy plains of Quitman, Texas and somehow winding up on the same shores as the Pilgrims. Rizzio enjoys juxtaposing literary references with her own journeys, especially in “Buttercups,” where a modern day woman shares some of the characteristics of Hester Prynne. “You and Me”, bluntly put, is a song about getting cheated on, delivered in a light, fun way, almost John Prine-esque.
Rizzio’s songs feel both rustic and refi ned, and she delivers them in a compelling voice that’s equal parts tenderness and sass. She reminds me of a slightly duskier Nanci Gri‑ th.” — Mark Erelli have have sculpted her songs in what she likes to call AmeriCountryGrass, and that basically sums up her style.
Several of Rizzio’s friends jumped at the chance to play on the recordings, Sierra Hull (Mandolin), Abbie Gardner (Red Molly/Dobro), Charlie Rose (pedal steel), Laney Jones (Banjo/ vocals) Justin Moses (Ricky Skaggs/Sierra Hull/ Banjo/Dobro) Mark Erelli (vocals) Brittany Hass (Crooked Still/Fiddle) and Jake Hill (Billington Sea/vocals). Monica has become one of the most reliable supporting acts as well, having shared the stage with Chris Botti, Boz Scaggs, Diana Krall, Joan Osborne, and Slaid Cleaves this past year. She has played the Main Stage at Strawberry Park Bluegrass festival the past two years and is a frequent collaborator with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. In December of 2014, she performed as part of Tom Rush’s band at his annual show at Symphony Hall in Boston. She played fi ddle, guitar and sang backups as well as performing her originals “Luckier Than You” & “Willie Nelson” with Red Molly backing her up. “It’s time that I saddle on again and hit the road sharing my crazy washashore cowgirl story,” says Rizzio, who is probably most at home when she is on stage sharing her songs. “ I made the tactical error of inviting Monica Rizzio to share the stage with me at Symphony Hall and she went and stole the audience right out from under me!” — Tom Rush.
Tickets are $20 and available from brownpapertickets.com
Schroon Lake Arts Council Presents Atwater~Donnelly
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From the Schroon Lake Arts Council
Every performance is surprisingly different and always entertaining, exciting and educational with the award-winning duo Atwater~Donnelly, who provide a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance, along with original songs and poetry.
The highly praised husband-wife duo blends gorgeous vocals with an astounding array of instruments including the mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, limberjacks, feet and more.
Tuesday July 17th at 7:30 pm in the Boathouse
Tickets $20 available (518) 532-9259
