An Evening of Folk Music – Celebrating the Music of Tom Paxton

The Shady Grove Coffeehouse folk music concert series continues its 23rd season in cooperation with the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen with a concert celebrating the music of Tom Paxton on March 14, 2025.

Due to health issues, Tom Paxton will not be able to join us. However, we are fortunate to have Grammy® winners and Tom’s long-time collaborators–Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer on stage to lead a celebration of Tom Paxton’s 60-year musical career through a program focused on his songs. Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are two-time Grammy® Award Winners with a career spanning over 35 years. Their superb harmonies are backed by instrumental virtuosity on the guitar, five-string banjo, ukulele, mandolin, cello-banjo, and more! During the pandemic and since, they engaged in regular songwriting sessions with Tom Paxton and recently released a joint album with him. Also taking the stage and lending their voices to Paxton’s rich song stylings will be local favorites Susan Greenbaum and George Turman.

The group will be supported by bassist Ira Gitlin and fiddler Bryan McDowell. Ira Gitlin’s playing ranges far and wide over what’s often called roots music. He has collaborated with musicians including Crowe and McLaughlin, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Bill Kirchen, and Moondi Klein, among many others. Bryan McDowell has supported an elite circle of Nashville heavyweights and recorded on numerous IBMA-winning and Grammy-nominated projects.

More information about the concert is available at www.shadygrovecoffeehouse.com and artsglenallen.com and advance tickets for the performance are available online at the Cultural Arts Center website. Tickets to the concert are $35