CONCERT FOR A CAUSE With Sally Fingerett, and Kay Harris, Molly Pauken & Peter Cary of the band, Sirens. Emceed by Eric Gnezda – Songwriter and Speaker
Saturday November 9th, 7pm
Location: Just North United Church of Christ
2040 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH 43220
Tickets
Tickets: $20 general admission, $40 per family, and can be purchased online. Under 12 free. https://squareup.com/store/just-north-ucc
Additional donations are also be gratefully accepted.
Just North UCC and First Unitarian Universalist of Columbus are co-sponsoring a concert to benefit a Honduran family of four living at Just North while they pursue asylum. The parents (“Juan” and “Maria”), with one small child at the time, walked for 15 months from Honduras to the US-Mexican border, where they were briefly “caged” with their toddler. Shortly after, “Maria” gave birth to their youngest child, then the family traveled by bus to Columbus, where they are living at Just North as they pursue a very strong case for asylum in the US.
Here is their story:
https://justnorthucc.org/2019/07/09/just-north-provides/
The performing artists:
SALLY FINGERETT is an award-winning singer-songwriter, a contemporary author, and a founding member of the musical comedy group, The Four Bitchin’ Babes. She has released 14 CDs, written music for the theater, television and film, and contributed songs to 15 various philanthropic compilation recordings. She has performed on more than 800 stages around the country.
A Kerrville New Folk Award Winner, Sally composed “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” recorded by folk legends Peter, Paul, and Mary for their 1995 LifeLines CD/PBS special, and published in “Contemporary Cabaret,” a songbook that includes works by Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Weber.
She has appeared in Putamayo’s Songwriter Festival at NY’s Carnegie Hall, and was a featured musical guest on Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know, NPR’s Mountain Stage, CBS Sunday Morning, and Songs at the Center.
As an author, Sally’s prose has been published in Random House’s Life’s a Stitch (with Molly Ivins, Erma Bombeck and Gloria Steinem), and Publishing Syndicates’ Not Your Mother’s Book – On Home Improvement. She is also author of the book, The Mental Yentl, Stories from a Lifelong Student of Crazy, a loving and humorous collection of stories and personal narratives, which she has also performed as a one-woman show. sallyfingerett.com
SIRENS is formed around the duo of Kay Harris and Molly Pauken, two of Ohio’s most sought after studio and live-performance musicians. Sirens music is all about the unique melody, the expression through lyric & voice and the texture of acoustic guitar & bass coming together to create unique but timeless pop songs. Their original compositions range stylistically from pop to acoustic rock to blues to funk to folk to create Sirens’ own unique sound.
Joining Kay and Molly are Pete Cary on guitar, bass and vocals, and Jeff Peters on drums.
Kay Harris has been an integral part of the Central Ohio music scene for a number of years. As a vocalist and songwriter for most of her life, she has been involved with numerous albums and also has provided lead and backup vocals for over seventy local and national jingles. Having performed throughout the U.S., she is one of the region’s most powerful, enduring vocalists and songwriters
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Molly Pauken plays guitar, bass, drums and mandolin in a number of Columbus-based bands, including McGuffey Lane, John Schwab, Jonalee White, The Ladies of Longford, Hilda Doyle and various other area artists. She has also toured nationally and internationally with legendary songwriter Rodney Crowell.
Kay and Molly have appeared on Songs at the Center.
“We’re pleased to be working with our partner, First UU Church of Columbus,” says Just North UCC Pastor Eric Williams. “We are at an unprecedented crossroads in the nation’s history. Believing that the weaponization of race, religion and ethnicity were a part of the past we are stunned by the humanitarian abuse of families and children at our southern border. By insuring that this family can be safely and legally integrated onto a path of economic independence and citizenship we are all, together, setting an example of the justice and liberty on which this nation was founded.”
Update: some new pics and video, and background for Sirens!
If you stream your music, you can also find them on Spotify (by Lick Records) and Amazon Music (by CD Baby)!
Here’s some audio on Reverb Nation
Sirens music is all about the unique melody, the expression through lyric & voice and the texture of acoustic guitar & bass coming together to create unique but timeless pop songs. Sirens is comprised of two of Ohio’s most sought after studio and live performers Molly Pauken (bass, drums, guitar, mandolin) & Kay Harris(vocals, guitar, mandolin) Stylistically, Sirens music integrates pop, rock, Americana, funk, & folk to produce a sound all their own! Performing out regularly with their band and as a duo. As a 4 piece, Kay and Molly are joined by Pete Cary on guitar, bass and vocals, and Jeff Peters on drums. From time to time, many other amazing area musicians join in the fun. Sirens plays monthly at Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza , statewide Summer festivals, weddings and other private events.
Today’s listeners have such a wide range of musical tastes. Somehow Sirens in their third and highly anticipated Cd, have streamlined a collection of songs that does just that! With the bass, drums, mandolin and guitar skills of Molly Pauken, and the diverse, emotive voice of Kay Harris, Confessions of an Optimist presents a blended group of songs that travel through funk, Americana, pop/rock and soul in a truly original way. Their love of melody and creative songwriting will take you on a journey of depth and candor.