Clint Alphin, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, will share the concert bill with Huntington’s own Kirsten Maxwell when the monthly Hard Luck Café series resumes at the Cinema Arts Centre on Thursday, Sept. 20.
The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($10 for Cinema Arts Centre or Folk Music Society of Huntington members) at the door. The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. in Huntington
Alphin won the 2017 Telluride Troubadour Competition, a nationally recognized performing songwriter competition, and had the opportunity to perform a short set on the main stage during the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, a roots-oriented music festival set amid Colorado’s rugged San Juan Mountains.
Alphin, who moved to Nashville in 2003, hails from North Carolina and cites James Taylor, a fellow Tar Heel state native, as a major influence. Previously a Telluride Troubadour finalist in 2013 and 2015, Alphin also was a finalist in the 2015 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and in the 2015 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition. His vocal and musical chops were on display during last year’s Huntington Folk Festival and in the Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2017 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
More information on Alphin may be found online at www.clintalphin.com.
No stranger to Long Island audiences, Maxwell is a multi-faceted young artist who has drawn comparisons to such timeless singers as Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. Her vocal range and ability allow her to move seamlessly between genres, broadening the scope of her performances.
A prolific songwriter, Maxwell has been steadily winning awards, drawing accolades, and building her fan base. An audience-voted Most Wanted to Return artist following the Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2016 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, she also was a winner of the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition that year and took first place in a contest sponsored by the Rhode Island Songwriters Association in 2015.
Maxwell has also has earned juried official showcases at Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Regional Folk Alliance conferences and was part of NERFA Presents Young Folk showcases at the famed Mariposa and Philadelphia Folk Festivals.
For more information on Maxwell, visit www.kirstenmaxwell.com.
Now in its 50th year, the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents two monthly concert series, a monthly folk jam, and an annual folk festival in conjunction with the Huntington Arts Council. Its First Saturday Concert series at the Congregational Church of Huntington in Centerport resumes for the 2018-2019 season on Oct. 6 with singer-songwriter Patty Larkin.
