The Mattapoisett Museum at 5 Church Street invites one and all on Saturday, March 16 from 4:00 to 5:30 to a rollicking afternoon of Celtic music with Mark Roberts and Benedict Gagliardi.
Mattapoisett native, Mark Roberts discovered traditional music hanging around the Tryworks Coffeehouse and SMU’s Eistedfod Festival. Mark is primarily known as a flute and banjo player but is also comfortable playing guitar, bouzouki and percussion. He has been in a number of groundbreaking bands in Traditional Music including: The Red Clay Ramblers, Touchstone, The Sevens, The Clayfoot Strutters and Childsplay. His flute and pennywhistle feature prominently in the film, Secret of Roan Innish.
Benedict Gagliardi is a Rhode Island-based musician and folksinger and one-half of the duo “The Vox Hunters” with his partner Armand Aromin. A self-taught instrumentalist, he plays traditional tunes and accompanies old songs on Anglo concertina, harmonica, and tenor guitar and is particularly fond of digging through old archives and tune books for unusual material. He leads social singing events and supports community music in the Providence area and is locally recognized as a strong tradition-bearer in his generation.
Mark and Benedict are old friends and musical acquaintances. This program will feature traditional instrumental music, mostly of an Irish nature but with some other widely flung musical traditions thrown in for good measure. As a gifted singer Ben will be dipping into his vast repertoire of songs familiar and obscure.
Guests are encouraged to bring their own instruments to participate in an Irish jam session to close out this exciting event.
Tickets are $20.00 per person. Please register at mattapoisett museum.org/events.