Peter Mulvey with Ross Bellenoit
Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Harmonie Hall, 19128
Description
7:30 Doors / 8pm Music (Opening set by Ross Bellenoit)
*Please note this is an upstairs venue.
About the Artists:
PETER MULVEY
Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur, and almost-poet since before he can remember. In 1989 he spent a year in Ireland, busking on the streets of Dublin and hitchhiking to whatever gigs he could find. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging through the bars of his native Midwest before taking off for Boston, where he returned to subway busking and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national touring. The wheels have not stopped since.
Twenty albums, one illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening tours and gigs for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Emmylou Harris and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own Lamplighter Sessions for years in Boston and in Wisconsin... he has built his life's work on collaboration, on an instinct for the eclectic and the vital.
ROSS BELLENOIT
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and bandleader, Ross Bellenoit’s latest full length offering, Where Does The Light Go? features eleven Americana tinged songs that were written and produced by Bellenoit. The album is a meditation on love, loss, secrets and the ways our interpersonal relationships affect our understanding of the world around us. It poses the question, what happens when you stay on a path when you feel that the odds are against you?
In March of 2020, Bellenoit embarked on a solo, acoustic fourteen-date tour of Germany to celebrate the release of Where Does The Light Go? However, his trip overseas was cut short at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic and he quickly decided to cancel the remaining dates in March to return to the United States rather than run the risk of being stuck in Europe and unable to fly home. “There was a harrowing moment when I had to cancel the last three dates of the solo tour, says Bellenoit. “I woke up in Dortmund at 6:00 AM on March 12th to the news that a travel ban was happening and I had to cancel the rest of tour and race back to Berlin to fly home.”
The eleven Americana tinged songs on Where Does The Light Go? were written and produced by Bellenoit and the album is a meditation on love, loss, secrets and the ways our interpersonal relationships affect our understanding of the world around us. It poses the question, what happens when you stay on a path when you feel that the odds are against you? The album was recorded at Bellenoit’s collective, Turtle Studios, where the artist has established himself as a vital component to the vibrant music community in Philadelphia. In addition to singing, playing guitar and producing, Bellenoit enlisted keyboardist Jaron Olevsky (Amos Lee), drummer Chuck Staab (Melody Gardot), upright bassist Charlie Muench (The Stray Birds), Jonathan Colman on electric bass and the aforementioned Sonja Sofya on backing vocals.
As a guitarist, he has toured with Amos Lee (supporting Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello in 2007), made an appearance on A Prairie Home Companion with The Sweetback Sisters, performs regularly with his funk fusion trio, Muscle Tough, and has collaborated with numerous singer-songwriters such as Brittany Ann, Birdie Busch, Lissa Schneckenburger, Chris Kasper, and many others. Bellenoit is an in demand producer via Turtle Studios and has produced albums for The Sweetback Sisters, Ginger Coyle, Eavesdrop, Sonja Sofya, and original content for the kids toy Toniebox.
“Ross Bellenoit's solo songs are full of tasteful pop melodies and solid guitar playing,” - Bill Frater, KRCB“The softer, laid-back nature of his vocals creates a warm juxtaposition to his crisp string work” - Songwriter’s Monthly“Sophisticated, poetic, sublime delivery” - Take Effect (8/23/2020)
Location
Harmonie Hall, 19128