Sunday Street Presents: Rod MacDonald & Joe Jencks ~ In Concert (Live-Stream) 7 PM ET 2-21-21

Описание: On Sunday Feb. 21st, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM CT, etc. ~ Sunday Street Concerts (Folk DJ - Charlie Backfish) present Joe Jencks & Rod MacDonald in partnership with the Long Island Museum. Rod & Joe have been friends for a few decades now, and shared many concerts over the years including a few recent online festivals. But this is their first full online co-bill. Listen in for some great music, stories, and camaraderie, from wherever you happen to be. It's sure to be a fun and heartfelt evening of songs from two internationally celebrated writers and performers.


Rod MacDonald was born in Connecticut and began singing professionally in New York City, where he became a leading headliner in Greenwich Village clubs in the 1980s and recorded 21 songs now in the Smithsonian Folkways collection. He has 13 solo CDs, with 2014’s “Later That Night” making the top ten on national independent music charts, and three CDs with Big Brass Bed, which New Times named “Best Folk Band” in 2016. Now living in south Florida, he’s been named “Best Local Acoustic Artist” by New Times, and one of “Ten Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County” by The Palm Beach Post. Since 2006 he is also Music Americana instructor with Osher Lifelong Learning at Florida Atlantic University, and was named Distinguished Faculty Member in 2012.


Joe Jencks is a 22-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter and a celebrated vocalist based in the Chicago area. He is known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration. Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove, and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. Co-founder of the harmony trio Brother Sun, Jencks has penned several #1 Folksongs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor. From Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to Festivals across the US and Canada, Jencks has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond. His 2017 solo release ~ Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers put him at the top of the Folk DJ charts with #1 Artist, #1 Album, and #1 Song. Joe is also a dual US-Irish citizen and has served as a Cultural Ambassador with the US State Department. For more info, please visit: www.joejencks.com