Folk-Rocker Steve Forbert at the Kate November 22

OLD SAYBROOK, CT - The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, “the Kate,” is pleased to welcome Steve Forbert on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 8:00 pm. Joe Holt opens the show.

More than four decades have passed since Steve Forbert made his way to New York City from his Meridian, Mississippi birthplace in quest of a career in music. After busking on the street for change from people walking by, he rose to sharing bills at CBGB’s with the likes of Talking Heads, The Shirts and John Cale as well as headlining more traditional venues such as The Bitter End and Kenny’s Castaways. He found blazing success early on with a string of critically acclaimed and commercially accepted albums including “Alive on Arrival” (1978), “Jackrabbit Slim” (1979), and “Little Stevie Orbit” (1980) and a most unlikely smash hit single, “Romeo’s Tune.”

His memoir, “Big City Cat: My Life In Folk Rock,” co-written with Therese Boyd, was released last September. Sharing reflections and journals he kept at the time, Forbert weaves an absorbing narrative that fully addresses the trial, travails and triumphs that would eventually play out over the course of his prolific forty plus year career. Simultaneous with that release was an evocative new album entitled “The Magic Tree.” The collection rings with the verve and vitality that Forbert’s fans have always come to expect. It takes on special meaning in light of the recent health scare that sidelined him for several months while he recovered from kidney surgery and chemotherapy. Consistently upbeat and optimistic, the album’s songs convey a firm sense that age ought not diminish a lust for living.

Folk singer/songwriter Joe Holt was born in the U.K., raised in Connecticut, and after graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2015, now makes his home in New York City. Joe has released three EPs and two full length albums and has toured throughout the United States four times. His latest album "A Bigger Fire," was released in early 2019 and is available on most streaming services.

For information and tickets please, visit www.thekate.org or call 860-510-0453.