Recommendations
Recommendations for -
December, 2024 - "As every year - a great show- thanks for coming"
(C. Buch)
November, 2024 - "All of us knew that this concert with West Kerry Ireland singer would be exceptional. Having Adam Hendey accompanying her was a great match. What a thrill to have one of Ireland’s finest singers sing for us. Eilis has a fine voice and was singing songs she’d composed about sailors out of New Bedford MA that she’d learned from actual journal's at New Bedford Whaling Museum in 2018. What a treat to hear live from her recent CD. Eilis was a wonderful guest as was Adam, who played a few of his own."
(D. Mellin)
July, 2024 - "What a talented family! John is a well established fiddler and Tyler is an up and coming multi-instrumentalist on mandolin, banjo and guitar. Along with the music comes history lessons on the tunes. Entertaining and educational! As an added bonus Evan sat in on melodica on a few tunes. At intermission Evan tickled the Ivories playing Jazz on the piano. This young man is amazing!!!! A delightful family to host, I'll have them back again and again. Oh! and the after show jam was great!"
(J. Braymen)
July, 2024 - "In my 10 years of hosting many artists, Tanasi put on a performance that shot them to the top of the list. Their talents were exhibited throughout the whole show. Their songs were inspired not only by US experiences, but many other countries. They kept the audience glued to hear every word and lyric and their audience interaction was fun. Booking and communications were good and they were gracious guests in my home.
Book them if you can."
(B. Fulton)
May, 2024 - "Rob Benton is a powerful presence on the stage and will have the audience out of their seats and dancing. His unique style and charisma is unlike anything we have seen before."
(P. Carwile)
December, 2023 - "I was looking forward to having Irish fiddler Gerry O’Connor playing fiddle in my house, and wasn’t familiar with his accompanist/singer-songwriter Kevin McElroy. Boy was I amazed at Kevin’s singing; he’s a New England icon that I had never come across. Gerry was warm and friendly and played beautifully! What a wonderful evening with such talented, seasoned performers!"
(D. Mellin)
December, 2023 - "Rob Flax and his Boom Chick Trio were fabulous. They were everything I’d hoped for in their expert musicianship, their smiling faces, their fun loving attitude, the overall performance. They knew they still had a 2 hour drive home after the show but that didn’t take away from the energy they had for us listening folk. Rob is such fun combined with his absolute fantastic violin playing and his singing. The band even performed fiddlesticks for us, which was a hoot! This is the very Best!"
(D. Mellin)
August, 2022 - "What fun! Such an incredible evening with two fabulous musicians! I think the best part was the rain - it made it even more of an intimate concert. On the covered porch. Unplugged. Shoulder to shoulder. Sing-along. All the guests had such an awesome time and cannot wait for them to return! Such a big thank you to Buddy and Darryl for sharing their incredible songwriting talents, acoustic mastery, humor, and sing alongs! I would so recommend Buddy and Darryl play at any venue you host... Music is Magic - and they bring it!"
(T. Vaughn)
September, 2011 - "Lee Kelly was a rare treat! An accomplished guitarist and a wonderful, emotive singer. We really enjoyed his great Irish tunes and his encouragements for audience participation. We'll definitely welcome him back again. He was a great house guest, making no special demands. We thoroughly enjoyed having him and sweet Marylou in our home."
(D. Brake)
Recommendations come from experienced CIYH venues.
