JAMES KRUEGER TO PERFORM SPECIAL CONCERT TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY AND RECORD A LIVE CD
Award-winning songwriter James Krueger will feature a mix of some of his
most loved mountain songs in a special birthday celebration concert. The
concert, which will be recorded for the possible release of a live CD, will
be at The Old School Baptist Church on Sunday Oct 15 at 2:00 PM. The Old
School Baptist Church is located in the Denver/Vega Valley on Delaware County
Route 36 in Denver, NY near the town of Roxbury. Call 607-326-4678, e-mail
dvmusic@usadatanet.net or visit www.roxburyny.com/visit/history.html for
more information.
Called an “extraordinarily talented writer with a real talent for poetic imagery” (Great American Song Contest), Krueger’s songs are likened to an impressionistic landscape painting. It could, in fact, be said that the landscapes in his music are the very landscapes of his soul - the falling of a blackberry becomes his own death, the flight of swallows a ransom to secure his salvation.
Born in 1970 to two teachers, James grew up in the rural hills of northern New Jersey. There, amidst the disappearing landscapes he loved and the constant pressure to participate in the very society that was destroying them, he began writing and performing his own music at the age of fifteen. After four psychiatric hospitalizations as a teenager, eighteen years later his love of music, songwriting and the land has proved a worthy lifeboat. Krueger’s performances are marked by his beautiful songs, entertaining stories, agile guitar playing and balmy voice.
James has performed for the North American Bluebird Society, the Sierra Club, The Sloop Clearwater’s Environmental Center, The New York Maple Growers’ Association, National Artists for Mental Health, The Thendara Mountain Club, The Hunter Mountain Foundation, and at many other performing arts centers, clubs and coffeehouses in the northeast. He is a two-time honor award winner in the Great American Song Contest. For more information please visit www.jameskrueger.com.
The Old School Baptist Church is a 150 year old rural church located in the beautiful Denver/Vega Valley on Delaware County Route 36, seven miles east of Kelly Corners at State Route 30. It has been restored by the Denver/Vega Preservation Committee, and today is used as an arts venue for readings, exhibits, theater, and music. The ambience as well as the excellent acoustics make performances at this venue an unforgettable experience.
Where: Old School Baptist Church, Delaware County Route 36, seven miles east of Kelly Corners at State Route 30. Call: 607-326-4678, e-mail dvmusic@usadatanet.net or visit www.roxburyny.com/visit/history.html for more information.
Who: Contemporary Folk Singer James Krueger
When: Sunday October 15 at 2:00 PM
Cost: $8.00; $15 Couples