Music at the Mansion presents Cosy Sheridan w/ guest Matt Nakoa

The Friends of Crawford Park are proud to present Music at the Mansion, an acoustic music series held at the historic Crawford Mansion on the grounds of Crawford Park, 122 No. Ridge St., Rye Brook, NY 10573.

On Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8PM, we are pleased to present two award-winning acoustic singer-songwriter-guitarists in our intimate performance space.

Cosy Sheridan has been called “one of the era’s finest and most thoughtful singer-songwriters.” She first caught the attention of national folk audiences in 1992 when she won both the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Award and The Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest, then released her critically-acclaimed debut CD Quietly Led on Waterbug Records.

She has released 12 CDs, her music is featured in the Robert Fulghum multi-media novel The Third Wish and she tours consistently throughout the US. Her concerts are wide-ranging explorations of modern mythology (meet Hades the Biker), love songs for adults, contemporary philosophy for the thoughtfully-minded and her signature parody on aging and women. Throughout this journey, her lyrical dexterity is backed by her distinctive, percussive bluesy-gospel guitar style.

Matt Nakoa grew up on a farm in New York State and began composing music as a teenager. He won a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston where he received top honors in songwriting and vocal performance. While at Berklee, he studied closely with song-greats Pat Pattison and Livingston Taylor, and collaborated with grammy-winners Esperanza Spaulding and Kathy Mattea. Matt is a 2014 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Winner and has recently given concerts at The White House and in India. He currently lives in Brooklyn.

Tickets for this show are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors open at 7PM. Refreshments are available at the show, including beer and wine. For more information: www.musicatthemansion.org