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Alastair Moock
Saturday May 11, 2013
We're Presenting Two Shows This Month!
Kid & Family Show 3:00pm
$9 per person, $29 per family
(under 2 are free)
Evening Show 7:30pm
In advance: $15 General/$12 Students & Seniors
At the door: $18 General/$15 Students & Seniors
Exclusive
Tomasso dinner offer for Steeple patrons is back! "Dinner for Two" with
a ticket/dinner purchase is a great way to complete the night! For
details click here.
Tickets available online with Brown Paper Tickets
Please note that we have a new phone number
508 281 9995
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Special thanks to our
generous sponsor:
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Alastair Moock
Fifeen years into his career on the international folk circuit,
Alastair Moock has managed to carve out a unique niche for himself: He
is an artist committed to celebrating the roots of American music while
knocking down the walls between different audiences, genres and musical
traditions. Today, his audiences range from adults all the way down to
preschoolers, and he plays everything from nightclubs to theaters to
schoolrooms. Like his boyhood hero, Woody Guthrie, Moock believes in
the power of music to reach all people — young and old, far and wide,
for all occasions.
In 2000, Alastair founded a new roots music series called Pastures of
Plenty which he brought to clubs and festivals throughout New England.
The aim of the series was to bridge the gaps between the folk and roots
rock crowds, between the contemporary and traditional scenes, and
between younger and older players. But what it really came down to was
bringing together some of the region's best songwriters and musicians
to swap tunes on a stage. Ten years on, the series still regularly
fills seats at Boston clubs with shows that The Boston Globe call “the
hippest hootenannies in town.”
Throughout his career, Moock had worked with and occasionally performed
for kids on the side, but it wasn't until his twin daughters were born
in 2006 that he was inspired to make his first foray into family music.
In 2010, he released his first family album, A Cow Says Moock, winning
an enthusiastic response from critics and kids alike. It won a NAPPA
Gold Award, a Parent's Choice Recommended Award, and was a Boston
Children's Music Favorite Album of the Year. After signing with
Stephanie Rothschild of KidzLoveMusic, Moock began performing regularly
with his Rowdy Roots Band at theaters throughout the Northeast. A new
family album is now in the works for 2011 and will feature some of
Moock's longtime music collaborators including Lori McKenna, Mark
Erelli, Rani Arbo, and many more.
For several years now, Alastair has also offered school assembly
programs on the life and times of Woody Guthrie, bringing the show and
accompanying songwriting workshops to primary and secondary schools
throughout New England and as far away as The American School in
Warsaw, Poland. He recently created a new, broader program, Music and
Social Change, which teaches kids about the political impact of music
from the labor rights movement, through the civil rights and antiwar
movements, to the present day.
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