Lisa Gutkin in Peekskill Concert to Benefit Pipeline Foes

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Peekskill, NY - Best known as a member of The Klezmatics and the downtown Celtic band Whirligig, Lisa Gutkin has stepped out on her own with her first solo CD "From Here On In."

She celebrates with a release concert at the BeanRunner Cafe July 17. Proceeds from the evening will go to support ResistAIM and its fight against the expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline from New York into New England.

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The versatile, Grammy Award-winning fiddler, composer, singer and songwriter is a third-generation Peekskill summer resident.

Here are some details about Gutkin:

Lisa is a Grammy-winning composer for her settings of Woody Guthrie's lyrics on the Klezmatics' CD "Wonder Wheel," which Pete Seeger called “genius.”

She played fiddle in Sting’s Broadway show "The Last Ship,” and has composed music for and appeared in Sex & the City as well as Paula Vogel's recent Off-Broadway hit “Indecent.”

Lisa's affinity for songs began while working in Fast Folk with Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and Richard Shindell, and later with Natalie Merchant, Susan McKeown and Pete Seeger.

All along, this consummate sideman and bandmember has secretly longed to sing her own songs. On her new CD From Here On In, Ms. Gutkin sings. The album is a set of warm and welcoming original songs featuring lyrics by Woody Guthrie, Maggie Dubris and Lisa herself. Recorded in the Hudson Valley and produced by John Lissauer (Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainwright), it includes special guests including Vaneese Thomas and Buddy Cage.

“Having spent all of my summers in the Hudson Valley, I have a huge attachment to its beauty," Gutkin said in a press release. "I am grateful to ResistAIM--and especially to its members who were willing to get arrested-- in spreading awareness of the risks of the Spectra Pipeline. I'm very happy to support their efforts."

Concert details:

Sunday, July 17, 2016 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The Beanrunner Cafe
201 South Division Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
beanrunnercafe.com
(914) 737-1701
Suggested Donation: $15