AboutSunday, September 13, 2009
MUSIC * R & B / SOUL * YOUNG RISING STAR - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND * SEPTEMBER 20th. * SUNDAY MORNING LIVE
Deborah Pearl is a singer, songwriter, performer and pianist born outside of Boston, Massachusetts in 1990. Her love for music developed at an early age, starting with piano and voice lessons at the age of four. In her early teens she began writing poetry and turning them into songs. Her passion for music and lyricism are always made apparent when she performs on any stage. Deborah is currently attending her second year at Berklee College Of Music, double majoring in Composition and Vocal Performance. At the present time Deborah is working on her debut album. She is hoping to touch and relate to her audience with songs like Since You Left, Love With No Repression, Player, just to name a few. You can always keep yourself updated with her work on myspace.com/therealdeborahpearl, facebook.com/pages/Deborah-Pearl/59197215881, twitter.com/deborahpearl or youtube.com/deborahpearl.For bookings please call 617-908-7708 or email deborahpearl@live.com
Labels: bed-and-breakfast, Cape-Ann, Inn, live music, New-England, North of Boston, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport-Chamber-of-Commerce, Seaward Inn, special, Sunday-Morning-Live
Sunday, September 6, 2009
MUSIC * NORTH OF BOSTON * WICKED PICKERS * SEPTEMBER 13TH.*
sound that explores the
boundary between jazz and acoustic music. The material consists of both
standards and original compositions, and crosses from jazz to swing with
flavors of folk and bluegrass mixed in.
"The Wicked Pickers present a wonderfully eclectic blend of acoustic jazz, swing and folk with bluegrass instrumentation; a joyful sound reminiscent of the work of Darol Angor's Montreaux Group."
- Carol Gyurina, Melrose Arts and Cultural Association
Bill Morris - Guitar
Paul Green - Fretless Elictric Bass
Gordon Hill - Electric Violin
George O'Conner-Mandolin
Labels: bed-and-breakfast, Breakfast, live music, New-England, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport-Chamber-of-Commerce, Seaward Inn
Sunday, August 9, 2009
MUSIC - SUNDAY MORNING LIVE - AUGUST 16TH. - NORTH OF BOSTON
Pete Schoonmaker has been playing guitar in one format or another for more than 30 years. His Mother wanted him to learn the piano but he stood fast and wouldn't play anything but the guitar.
For the past 10 years, Pete has been focusing on folk/acoustic and gospel music. “I find that's the type of music that really speaks to my musical soul". said Pete. He plays finger- style on 6 and 12-string guitars; set list are usually split evenly between songs and instrumentals.
His repertoire runs from 60's folk-revival back to 19th and 20th century Appalachian and hymn tunes, then up to contemporary singer/songwriter music, including songs of his own. A seasoned performer, Pete plays a variety of venues, from bars ( including the easternmost pub and the easternmost tavern in the United States, both of which are in Lubec, Maine about 100 feet from each other ) to coffeehouses, church services, gospel sings, folk festivals, to anywhere else where acoustic music is appreciated.
A member of a gospel/roots music trio called Green Pastures for many years, Pete has recorded on three CD's with various band members..
" Music is an extremely important part of my life, and there are very few places I would rather be than in front of an appreciative audience".
For the past 10 years, Pete has been focusing on folk/acoustic and gospel music. His repertoire runs from 60's folk-revival back to 19th and 20th century Appalachian and hymn tunes, then up to contemporary singer/songwriter music, including songs of his own. A seasoned performer, Pete plays a variety of venues, from bars ( including the easternmost pub and the easternmost tavern in the United States, both of which are in Lubec, Maine about 100 feet from each other ) to coffeehouses, church services, gospel sings, folk festivals, to anywhere else where acoustic music is appreciated.
A member of a gospel/roots music trio called Green Pastures for many years, Pete has recorded on three CD's with various band members..
" Music is an extremely important part of my life, and there are very few places I would rather be than in front of an appreciative audience".
Labels: bed-and-breakfast, Breakfast, live music, North of Boston, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport-Chamber-of-Commerce, Seaward Inn, Sunday-Morning-Live
Sunday, August 2, 2009
NORTH OF BOSTON -MUSIC- SUNDAY MORNING LIVE- AUGUST 9TH.
“A truly fresh and unique voice, has to be natural. Even the most modern technology can’t fake it. Hannah and (the) Bloodlines are naturals.” - Alison Hammond, WMVY Radio
From the start “ Hannah & The Bloodlines” have been able to successfully mix experimental with mainstream. Their first single “Nobodies Fault But Mine” aired on independent radio stations throughout the country, and even Europe! They have the improvisational skills of jazz, the hooks of pop, and the raw energy of rock., enabling them to produce an impressive live show that includes intricate jams and melodies not found on the recordings.
“This band makes you feel like your floating, then hits you hard with the energy of the unexpected. They are familiar and yet completely unique at the same time.”
This April the band released their first album “Far From The Tree”. It is sure to be one of the new sounds coming out of New England. With such players as Stephen Gaspar (guitar), who at the young age of 21 has already shared the stage with musical legend John Blackwell (drummer for Justin Timberlake and Prince) and pop icons such as The Click5., Ryan Broderick (drums) who has been playing with blues heroes such as Sam “Bluesman” Taylor in New York since he was in high school. Shaun Munday holds down the low end on bass, helping to give the band a dash of soul. Hannah Sumner inspires most of the melodies and lyrics, and their latest edition Jeremy Vovcsko on saxophone , who has played with legends such as Me’shell Ndegeochello, only propels the musical improvisations deeper during their live performances.
The band has already embraced audiences on television (PlumTV), radio throughout New England, and has been constantly in the top 20 in experimental on ourstage.com, an online radio that fans vote for best song. So keep an ear open to hear the new sound coming out of Boston.
www.sonicbids.com/hannahandthebloodlines Labels: Breakfast, Cape-Ann, live music, New-England, North of Boston, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport-Chamber-of-Commerce, Seaward Inn
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Berklee College of Music student to perform August 2nd at our Breakfast by the Sea
Deborah Pearl is a singer, songwriter, performer and pianist born outside of Boston, Massachusetts in 1990. Her love for music developed at an early age, starting with piano and voice lessons at the age of four.
In her early teens she began writing poetry and turning them into songs. Her passion for music and lyricism are always made apparent when she performs on any stage. Deborah is currently attending her second year at Berklee College Of Music, double majoring in Composition and Vocal Performance. She is also in the process of writing new material for her audiences to enjoy. She hopes to spread her talents and personal message with all of her audiences and hopefully be able to give back to her community. You can hear some of her songs on www.myspace.com/deborahpearl ( the real Deborah Pearl ).
While performing at a 7th. grade talent show, she was noticed by a Fine Arts Director who was impressed by Deborah's voice and her ability to communicate with the audience. He recommended her to the Handel & Hayden Society for the Vocal Apprenticeship Program. She attended there for six years studying music theory, conducting, choral and solo techniques.
In her early teens she began writing poetry and turning them into songs. Her passion for music and lyricism are always made apparent when she performs on any stage. Deborah is currently attending her second year at Berklee College Of Music, double majoring in Composition and Vocal Performance. She is also in the process of writing new material for her audiences to enjoy. She hopes to spread her talents and personal message with all of her audiences and hopefully be able to give back to her community. You can hear some of her songs on www.myspace.com/deborahpearl ( the real Deborah Pearl ).
Labels: Breakfast, live music, North of Boston, oceanfront accommodations, Seaward Inn, Sunday-Morning-Live
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Live Music July 26th with Breakfast Buffet by the Sea, North of Boston
Celtic Harps, Flutes, Recorders, Penny Whistle, Bowed Psaltery, Guitar and beautiful vocal harmonies will transport you to another place and time!"
Jay & Abby Michaels The Harper and The Minstrel are a Celtic/Folk/Renaissance duo specializing in airs and ballads with an occasional jig or reel, many of their own original compositions, music from the Baroque and Renaissance periods and their unique arrangements of Traditional Celtic tunes and songs by artists like Sting and Led Zeppelin.
Their influences include early music from Europe and the Celtic lands, Yes, Loreena McKennitt, Sting, The New World Renaissance Band, Cantiga and Led Zeppelin. They have recorded several CD's together including:
BELOVED MINE
FOR A MOMENT
THE LAST DAY OF THE FAIRE
EVENING IN THE ENCHANTED GLADE
THE CIRCLE OF FAE
HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Labels: Breakfast, live music, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport-Chamber-of-Commerce, Sea-Garden-Restaurant, Seaward Inn, special, Sunday-Morning-Live
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Live Music North of Boston with Breakfast bythe Sea
Justin and Colleen Kleya will be featured Sunday Morning Live, July 5th. at the Seaward Inn 9:00a.m. till Noon
http://www.thegrassgypsys.com/
The Grass Gypsys are an independent, acoustic fusion band from Boston with a signature sound fueled by the power of two. Husband and wife musical duo, Justin and Colleen Kleya, blend styles from America’s roots music: Folk, Jazz, Rock n’ Roll, and Blues; into their catalog of original music and cover songs. They have been compared to Tuck & Patti & Nora Jones, Colleen’s rich and charismatic vocals and Justin’s expressive, finger-style acoustic guitar playing is a treat for any audience. Coffeehouses, Festivals, Cafe’s, House Concerts & Bars: The Grass Gypsys are your traveling troubadours of old, driving town to town, sharing stories of their adventures, the places they’ve visited, people they’ve met, and translating their insights through in their music’s content.
The Grass Gypsys got their start in Boston, MA in 2005 and have been touring across the United States since 2006, playing over 200 shows in 2008 alone. They have recorded two full-length, self-released albums: “Legend’s, Myth’s, & Fairytales” (2006) & “Lesson’s From Eden” (2008), and are in the process of recording their third album and planning for their fourth cross-country tour.
“it’s the passion that feeds us,
that spurs the songs that lead us…
Labels: bed-and-breakfast, live music, oceanfront accommodations; Sea-Garden-Restaurant, Rockport MA, Seaward Inn, Sunday-Morning-Live
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Father's Day BreakfastBuffet, live music, North of Boston
ARMANDO will returnJune 21st from 9:00 A.M. till NOON, for the 1st Anniversary of SUNDAY MORNING LIVE at the Seaward Inn. A FATHER'S DAY Breakfast Buffet by the Sea, featuring Kai at the omelet station will be served from 7:30 A.M. Armando's 2008 performance launched the Sunday Morning Live Series.
Born and raised in Steel Country, the Ohio River Valley, Steubenville, Ohio, Dean Martin"s home town.....Dean Martin's first paying gig as a singer was with Armando Trasoline's father's band at the "Riviera Club' on Fourth St., in Steubenville....His father played Sax and Clarinet and at some point played with...Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden ,Frank Sinatra to name a few... After graduating from high school, Armando enlisted in the navy and spent his naval career as an electronics technician and ship's musician on the aircraft carrier, Wasp, out of Boston.Armando loved the Boston area so much that when his time was up in the Navy he stayed here in Mass. Armando was the original lead singer for the "Four Guys", a group that started in the basement of his Father's house in Toronto, Ohio. and spread around the globe...."The Fabulous Four Guys", recently retired from The Grand Ol' Opry after 35 years... Aside from singing, Armando also plays Guitar, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Drums, and all at a professional level...He has sung with hundreds of the country's best jazz and rock bands and has toured extensively on the east coast from Maine to Florida. and West to the Mississippi, sang a Theme Song for a movie, and was a jingle singer on Boston radio for many years. Armando now resides in Rockport, Mass., with his wife , Dawn, of 27 years, and still enjoys playing and singing for people that love great music. You can listen to him sing a delightful new and original song "Do Ya Mind", by clicking VIDEO-NEW on http://www.seawardinn.com/ ARMANDO while viewing some "fun" things that went on at the Inn this past season.
Labels: Cape-Ann, Father's Day, live music, New-England, oceanfront accommodations, Rockport MA, Seaward Inn, Sunday-Morning-Live
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Islands off of Rockport MA and The Seaward Inn
January 9, 2004 marked the beginning of the coldest January in 86 years. A predawn northwest wind blew a heavy blanket of seasmoke around Cape Ann where it settled in front of Thacher Island. These images are from a 50 minute encounter with this unusual weather phenomena; they span predawn into a fiery display of sunrise over a low cloud bank, the twin towers and the foreground seamoke lingering nearshore.More Amazing Natural Light Photography by Leslie D. Bartlett
TURK’S HEADS THE ISLANDS OF ROCKPORT
We had just finished breakfast at the Sea Garden Restaurant when some guests asked if they could join in a conversation my friend and I were having about the beautiful rocky coast line of Rockport. Somehow, to the delight of our guests, we got on the subject of the three islands located a short distance from the Seaward Inn.
I mentioned that originally, Capt. John Smith had named these as the "Three Turk’s Heads", signifying the three Turkish joust champions in Mesopotamia whom he alleged to have challenged and decapitated.
Today the islands are known as Straitsmouth, Thacher and Milk Island.
These rocky islands were host to countless shipwrecks, perhaps the most noted of these was the shipwreck of the Watch and Wait. In 1635, the vessel, on its way to Marblehead from Ipswich, was wrecked near Thachers during a ferocious storm the likes of which no one had ever seen. Anthony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth were the only survivors who were miraculously carried by some debris and cast by a big wave on a higher rock. 21 people were swept away and perished including Rev. Avery, his wife and six children, Thacher's 4 children by a previous marriage and some of their friends. As compensation for that great tragedy, the General Court granted Thacher the Island, " Thacher's Woe".
It remained in Thacher's family for 80 years until in 1771, Mass. Colonial Government purchased back this 50 acre island and erected twin lighthouses, nicknamed "Anne's Eyes" 160 feet above sea level. These twin Lighthouses, built in 1789, are the longest surviving multiple lighthouses on the entire U. S. coastline.
Another lighthouse was built in 1835 on Straitsmouth Island which announces the entrance to Rockport Harbor.
At this time an older gentleman jumped into the conversation and said that he recalls a nephew of his coming to Rockport to dive and explore the wreck of a mine sweeper, the USS Grouse that had gone aground in 1963.
Oh yes, someone recalled, she went aground on Flat Ground inside Dry Salvages which is near the Breakwater but not on one of these three islands. They tried everything to move it but it wouldn't budge. A helicopter was used to take the last crewmember off of the vessel and then she was set on fire.
It's massive engine still remains on Flat Ground and can be seen at low tide.
Some other shipwrecks in Rockport were the California, a fishing vessel, in 1955, the Chelsea, a tanker in 1957, the Charles S. Haight, a freighter in 1946.
Just then another guest mentioned Milk Island and how she loves to go kayaking there. Then someone else mentioned that is a great area for striper bass fishing as well, and it is not unusual to see sports fishermen casting their lines right from Pebble Beach which is just a short distance from Milk Island.
We looked out the window and were amazed to see how softly a fog bank had formed and totally obscured the ocean. Then we heard the mournful and haunting sound of the fog horn and realized it as an appropriate conclusion to our conversations.
I will be using this blog to share more of those special moments with you, our guests and our readers.
And Please feel free to share your special memories with us.
Rose Marie Leal
Seaward Inn
Labels: fishing, Islands, kayaking, Leslie D. Bartlett, lighthouses, Rockport, Seaward Inn, shipwrecks, Thacher Island, twin lights
Monday, December 8, 2008
FREE HOLIDAY GIFT FROM THE SEAWARD INN
PIERRE TELLS ALL *** THE COOKS' BOOK
Planning your annual vacation at the Seaward Inn? Why not make it a Holiday gift?
Offer ends December 31, 2008
As a special holiday treat, we invite you to view our newest VIDEO
As a special holiday treat, we invite you to view our newest VIDEO
Labels: Christmas, cookbook, Free gift, free shipping, Holiday, Holiday gifts, Recipes, Rockport, Seaward Inn, vacation, video
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