Troubadour From Maine To Perform In Huntington

HUNTINGTON, NY — Dave Rowe, a traveling troubadour from Maine, is set to perform at the Huntington Cinema Arts Centre. His 30-minute set is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Rowe will be the featured singer-songwriter during the NorthShore Original Open Mic in the cinema’s Sky Room, at 423 Park Avenue. The open mic runs from 7 to 10 p.m., with Rowe performing around 8:30 p.m. The open mic is co-hosted by Toby Tobias and Richard Parr. Although it is free to attend, donations are accepted.

Dave Rowe is a singer-songwriter and interpreter of traditional and modern song who has performed across the eastern seaboard and throughout America’s heartland during his 35-year career.

"Armed with a guitar, a dream, a quick wit, a soaring tenor voice, and the heart of an entertainer, this charismatic performer has enthralled audiences everywhere he’s gone — bringing them from raucous sing-alongs to laughter to tears and everything in between," the cinema centre wrote.

In recent years, Rowe has traversed the eastern continental U.S. by boat, traveling the Great Loop, the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, and waterways in between, and singing songs along the way. His journey aboard has taken him through 24 U.S. states and one Canadian province.

His trusty guitar; his yacht, Stinkpot; and his first mate, Stacey Guth, have traveled well north of 12,000 nautical miles since first casting off in 2018 on this odyssey on the water and the stage.

As he has voyaged, Rowe has been playing to new audiences from yacht clubs to waterside coffee houses, pubs, and taverns, making friends and fans along the way. While traveling the Florida Panhandle, the producers of ABC's America's Funniest Videos came into possession of a video of Rowe in a lighthearted moment on stage and decided it needed to be on the show. With the boat safely docked in Pensacola, Florida, they flew Rowe out to Los Angeles where his video placed second on the show, being narrowly edged out of the top spot by a Canadian toddler who desperately wanted cake.

"Dave’s music is handmade and heartfelt," the centre wrote. "It springs from deep roots borne out of the song traditions of Ireland and the British Isles, cultivated in the roots music of North America, and filtered through the musical sensibility of a classically-trained musician who is as at home directing a choir or wind ensemble as he is standing with his acoustic guitar in front of a large audience singing songs together. His original songs come from the heart of a poet and the soul of a maestro — examining subject matter as varied as Dave’s interests, from songs of the sea to historical sketches, from songs of abiding love to social commentary. A natural entertainer and storyteller, Dave comes to it by birthright."

Both of Rowe's grandfathers were professional jazz musicians, his mother a professional singer, and his father, Tom, was a the linchpin of the popular folk trio, Schooner Fare. They all made sure Rowe was classically trained, gifting him the musical foundation to bloom and carry on the family musical tradition.