WFMA Showcase
at
8739 Flower Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Sunday, March 10, 2013
7:00 PM
Featured:
Once again,
opened the showcase with a fine set of many of their favorite songs, including, of course, some by John Denver and Bill Danoff.
followed with an entertaining set of songs from several of his numerous CDs.
After intermission,
Kensingston residents T.J. and Julie O'Malley (
) were joined by their son, Sean (from Hawaii).
They delighted the audience with their wide variety of material.
- Doris Justis and Sean McGhee are now celebrating 29 years of performing together as Side by Side.
Their close vocal harmonies and guitars back their original songs and original interpretations of the best songwriters.
The duo has shared the stage over the years with a "who's who" of folk performers, including the Chad Mitchell Trio, Bill Danoff,
Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Schooner Fare, Tom
Paxton, the Limeliters, Christine Lavin, to name a few!
They have performed on stages from the Kennedy Center to the Birchmere Music Hall and at Washington's Starland Café.
They continue to enthrall audiences with their exciting arrangements of new and old favorites.
This folk duo will charm you with warm and intimate songs that range from original contemporary sounds to classics from the 1960's.
Singer/songwriter and guitarist
five CDs and captivating performances showcase his engaging collection of songs and stories celebrating the lives and landscapes of rural American people with warmth and humor. Since permanently leaving his corporate environmental engineering career in 1996, the award-winning folk and Americana artist has traced half a million miles of blue highways and backwater towns, and earned critical acclaim and enthusiastic fan response. His music and messages are always compelling, infused with his literate prose, eye for intriguing detail, and soundscapes that span haunting blues, feisty anthems, rustic folk, and a bit of swing.
is T.J. and Julie O'Malley.
They've been active in the D.C. area music scene since the 1980s and present a lively musical mix with vocals, guitar, bass, and sometimes ukulele.
Their music is country ragtime and honky-tonk, with added selections of folk, bluegrass, swing, classic jazz and country, and even some Hawai'ian.
