Hard Luck Café
Presented with the Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH)
THE SCOOCHES
Wednesday, March 20th at 7 PM
$25 Public | $20 Members
The Scooches electrify audiences with an eclectic mix of
Roaring ‘20s, global folk, blues, gospel, New Orleans jazz, Americana, and
more. Curated sets of toe-tapping, hand-clapping music leave audiences with no
choice but to dance along. The Scooches’ performances are like master classes
in musicology that embody joy and excellent musicianship.
Led by vocalist Betina Hershey and
multi-instrumentalist Nick Russo, The Scooches, formerly known as
Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches, assembled a world-class lineup of
musicians from New York, Suriname, Sapelo Island (Georgia), Mexico, and the
Caribbean on their 2023 album release, Lift You Up. The
12-song collection builds upon the exuberance that made 2018’s Get Us
Out Of Fearland the #2 album on international folk radio (according
to charts compiled by Folk Alliance International) and Very Next Thing (2016)
a transcendent breath of fresh air.
Inspired by the current social climate, the songs on Lift
You Up — including “Stop This Climate Change,” “Spread Your Wings and
Fly,” and “Open A Door” — call upon society and the human race to believe that
we, collectively, can make a difference — a change for the better.
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