Appalachian Benefit Coffeehouse
Concert Series 2004 - 2005
The Appalachian Benefit Coffeehouse (ABC) provides folk, acoustic, acappella, traditional, comedy, storytelling, and jazz concerts each year in an effort to raise money to build and repair homes in Appalachia for the West Virginia Workcamp group.

The ABC is smoke free, alcohol free, child friendly, and handicap accessible. Call 508-315-3533 for more information and email MusicAtTheABC@aol.com for tickets and booking.

Don White, Comedian, Songwriter, and Spoken Word Artist
with special guest, jazz artist, Everett Pendleton
Saturday, December 11, 2004
at 7:30 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Natick in the vestry
Located in the center of Natick, at the corner of Rt 27 and 135 (E. Central St.), parking lot at the side and street parking available.
Tickets and info 508-315-3533 or MusicAtTheABC@aol.com, Tickets are $12.50 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. Seniors and students are $7.50 at all times.

Don is joining the ABC for the 11th year in a row. A master of putting a comic spin on the reality of everyday life, White honed his comedic edge during two and a half years hosting comics at Catch a Rising Star. He has performed extensively as comedian and solo musician thought the New England area and across the United States. He is a repeat performer at the Somerville Theaters annual Festival of Funny Songwriters.
Everett Pendleton is the son of an accomplished jazz musician, Penny Pendleton, and started playing guitar at age 11. Founder of long running Boston band, The Amazing Mudshark, and currently playing with the Loomers. With a strong voice and smooth guitar style, Everett has opened up for groups such as a Flock of Seagulls, The Radiators and Canned Heat. He cites Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, and his father as his influences.

Women in Song: Kellie Lin Knott and Liz Kelly
Saturday, January 29
at 7:30 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Natick in the vestry
Located in the center of Natick, at the corner of Rt 27 and 135 (E. Central St.), parking lot at the side and street parking available.
Tickets and info 508-315-3533 or MusicAtTheABC@aol.com, Tickets are $12.50 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. Seniors and students are $7.50 at all times.

Kellie Lin, a Minnesota native, has been performing since the age of 8 as a backup singer in her father's band. By age 14 she had formed an acoustic duo, and in 1996, while still in high school, she and her singing partner were awarded the Minnesota Peace Prize for their concerts to raise awareness and funds for domestic abuse prevention. Since moving to Massachusetts to attend Berklee College of Music, Kellie has spent time immersed in the music business, working for various agencies that book and management agencies, as well as performing in local venues and touring as an opener for established folk artists such as Susan Werner. Since July of 2003, she has supported her self solely from her music, touring solo and as part of the trio, TresFemmes.
Liz Kelly, a Worcestor resident, Liz Kelly, is a multi-talented musician who not only sings and writes her own music, but plays guitar, keyboards, and drums as well. In the fall of 2004, Liz had her first national tour and a new album, "Maybe Someday" was chosen as the WERS album of the month for November.

Singer Songwriters, Terry Kitchen and Michael Holland
Saturday, April 2
at 7:30 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Natick in the vestry
Located in the center of Natick, at the corner of Rt 27 and 135 (E. Central St.), parking lot at the side and street parking available.
Tickets and info 508-315-3533 or MusicAtTheABC@aol.com, Tickets are $12.50 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. Seniors and students are $7.50 at all times.

Terry Kitchen, is called “one of New England’s best songwriters” by The Boston Globe, Terry Kitchen's songs are portraits of ordinary people and emotions, captured with extraordinary compassion, honesty and humor. His songs have won the USA Songwriting Competition the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and been runner up in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Kitchen has been performing on the national folk coffeehouse and festival circuit for the past fifteen years. that’s how it used to be is Kitchen’s 7th CD for the urban campfire label, following 2002’s Right Now, 1999’s blues for cain & abel, 1997’s blanket, and 1995’s I Own This Town. Kitchen has performed at such folk clubs as Cambridge’s Club Passim, the Postcrypt Coffeehouse and Cafe Lena in NY, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and was a featured performer at the 2003 Falcon Ridge and South Florida Folk Festivals. Kitchen launched the The Appalachian Benefit Coffeehouse’s in the spring of 1994, and this show marks his 12th appearance on the ABC stage.

Michael Holland Years before becoming the darling of the New York Cabaret scene, Michael Holland was a Provincetown based singer songwriter with a quirky pop flair and a wicked sense of humor. After recording two albums of solo work, and one with the trio, Comfortable Shoes, Holland moved back to New York and put his immense creative energy to work writing and performing cabaret. Several years and numerous awards later, Holland can now boast of two more additional albums, 3 seasons of popular cabaret shows with partner, Karen Mack and the scores for an independent feature film and two successful musicals. Holland will return to New England for a rare solo performance at the ABC- a chance to return to his songwriter roots, perform classic rarely played songs, and try out some new works.

A Cappella Night with All About Buford
Saturday, May 14
at 7:30 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Natick in the vestry
Located in the center of Natick, at the corner of Rt 27 and 135 (E. Central St.), parking lot at the side and street parking available.
Tickets and info 508-315-3533 or MusicAtTheABC@aol.com, Tickets are $12.50 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. Seniors and students are $7.50 at all times.

A cappella returns to the ABC!. All About Buford is a pop-funk vocal band formed April of 2000. Their varied individual musical influences shape their repertoire, so you'll hear pop, jazz, r&b, world music, and contemporary acoustic sounds. Genres are mixed and matched, sometimes within a song! Sometimes a guitar is used, and sometimes hand percussion, but mostly, the quartet delivers pure vocals and intricate harmonic lines that have led many to comment on how four people manage to get such a BIG sound!

These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Natick Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.