High Street Coffee House

he High Street Coffee House is a “Open Mic” venue, welcoming musicians, poets and comedians to take the “virtual” zoom stage for two or three songs, depending on the number of performers that sign up. Music starts at 7pm and can be viewed live by joining us via the zoom link listed on Facebook for the event. The evening is wrapped up by 9:30pm.

Admission is FREE, though a “virtual” donation basket is passed and you can make a donation anytime by visiting https://www.boscawencongregationalchurch.com/donate-today.html. Proceeds help keep the music going and support the Boscawen Congregational Church.

For June through September, we plan to hold the Coffee House outside at the Church Park, located at the intersection of Routes 3 & 4 in Boscawen. This event will be held the 1st Saturday of June and on 2nd Saturday in the months of July, August and September. The family
friendly events will be from 4 to 7 pm, food will be sold, and COVID
safety guidelines will be followed.

Though no one knows the outcome of the pandemic, we all hope that by fall we will be back together in person at the town hall.

To sign up for an open mic slot contact Liz Kantz at
HighStreetCoffeeHouse@gmail.com. If you have questions or would like to be a coffee house volunteer, you can also email the coffee house or call Chris Paull at 603-520-9196 or Laura Lane at 603-796-2621.

BOSCAWEN'S HIGH STREET COFFEE HOUSE
FEATURES RUPERT WATE - 7PM MAY 7

Join us 7PM Friday, May 7th at Boscawen’s High Street “Virtual” Coffee House with Rupert Wates as our feature musician. The High Street Coffee House is a “Open Mic” venue, welcoming musicians, poets and comedians to take the “virtual” stage for two to three songs. Music starts at 7pm and the evening is typically wrapped up by 9:30pm. Admission is FREE, though a “virtual” donation basket is passed and you can make a donation anytime by visiting https://www.boscawencongregationalchurch.com/donate-today.html.

Rupert Wates was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He has been a full time songwriter since the late 1990s, when he signed a publishing contract with Eaton Music Limited. In London he worked with some of the best performers in the city. Moving in 2001 to Paris, Wates formed his own quartet and began playing live regularly. In fall 2006 he came to the US. He is now based in New York City and Colorado. Since coming to the US, he has won more than 40 songwriting and performing awards (www.rupertwatesmusic.com/awards).

His music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released nine solo CDs. They have received outstanding reviews in the international online press and tracks from them have been played on radio all over the world. In addition, Wates' songs have been covered by other artists in the UK, Canada and the US. Two full length tribute CDs to his material have been recorded: 'Crazy Puzzle' (2015) by Nashville-based performer Roxie Rogers, and 'Wide Open Heart' (July 2017) by Los Angeles vocalist Susan Kohler. Both these CDs were initiated and funded entirely by the artists themselves, and comprise exclusively songs taken from Rupert Wates' back catalog. Over 20 recordings featuring Wates's songs by other artists were made in 2016, and more are scheduled for 2017 (full list at www.rupertwatesmusic.com/covers).

In 2010 Wates released Joe’s Café, an album of 15 original songs based on true stories, each interpreted by a different vocalist, retelling the stories of ordinary American people. Through them we trace the story of America itself: through two world wars, the Dust Bowl depression, Vietnam and the struggle for Civil Rights, all the way to the present day. Recorded live in the studio in a single weekend, the album's warm sound evokes the welcoming atmosphere of an all-night café, where friends gather to share their stories. Featured virtuoso musicians on the recording include Darol Anger on violin and Michael Manring on bass.

Joe’s Café has been presented very successfully at Festivals throughout North America, and in other venues in New York City and in the southeastern United States. The show won Best Music Revue in the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival. More information about Joe's Cafe is at www.bitemusiclimited.com.
In 2014, Wates joined forces with Toronto-based virtuoso pianist Bartosz Hadala to form a piano/guitar duo called The Nightwatchers (www.thenightwatchers.com). The duo tour Canada and Europe regularly. In March 2015 they recorded and released a debut CD entitled The Nightwatchers, featuring some of the standout songs of Wates' extensive catalog.

Rupert Wates averages 120 live shows every year, in front of audiences totaling more than 3,500, in acoustic venues in every state in America, in Canada and in Europe. He performs sometimes alone, sometimes with his trio or his quartet. He prefers smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music. He was voted an Artist Of The Year in both 2013 and 2016 by the international house concert network Concerts In Your Home (www.concertsinyourhome.com), and for five years running he has been the most booked performer on their database of several hundred artists. In 2018, Wates was a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival.

Despite Wates' British background, and underpinning the universality of his music's appeal, Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange has called him "a prime figure in American music'' (www.acousticmusic.com) and goes on: "This is one gifted sonofabitch... If you're not hip to this guy yet you're missing out."

Audiences everywhere respond to Wates' brand of melodic art/folk—haunting songs that ring true.

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