Come join us in an intimate evening of songs, stories, and spoken word, featuring 3 singer/ songwriters, poets and all around nice people — Phoebe Blue, Thomas Patrick Maguire and Vincent Vok (AKA Father Crime). They will be sharing the stage, taking turns sharing original songs and welcoming comments and questions from the audience.
THOMAS PATRICK MAGUIRE — Like the best American singer-songwriters, "Basement Folk" artist Thomas Patrick Maguire tells stories. Influenced equally by melancholy troubadours like Elliott Smith and Nick Drake, and by iconoclastic '90s alternative rock like Sebadoh and Nirvana, he sets his low-key tales of working-class life to deceptively simple stripped-down melodies that haunt the listener long after they've first heard Thomas's music. No wonder New York Newsday has twice lauded him as one of New York's best local artists in its year-end wrap-ups, calling his music "utterly hypnotic."
PHOEBE BLUE is a singer, songwriter, performing artist, and community activist, keeping Staten Island’s music scene thriving and relevant with creative happenings and her unique format of open mics, most recently teaming up with comedian Nanci Richards to provide spoken word, poetry, comedy, and music to the event. Her latest collection of new music and spoken word poetry is called “Post Apocalyptic Apothecary!? — The place we go to when the world ends and we are still here; for all our medicinal needs.” And it features her band The Make Baleaves.
VINCENT VOK (AKA Father Crime) has been an integral part of Staten Island’s arts and music scene for the last twenty years, he has played countless shows, hosted singer/songwriter events, directed and performed in local theater. He earned his degree on the streets and in the clubs of the West Village, learning his craft from the likes of Dave Van Ronk and Suzanne Vega. His first album, “Survivor,” released to critical acclaim (Billboard magazine listed it as one of their top 10 favorite LPs, and the original vinyl is now a cult favorite on the internet) is in the process of being remixed and remastered. His latest release “Unspecial Pain,” can be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube under his AKA Father Crime.