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Natalie Merchant To Perform At The Bardavon 6/30 And Tanglewood 7/2

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Alan Chartock
Published June 27, 2017 at 10:34 AM EDT
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant

On Sunday, July 2nd at 7pm singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will make her Tanglewood debut on the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, MA. Prior to that, on June 30th – she’ll play a concert at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, NY.

So to be perfectly clear: one of our favorite people is playing concerts at two of our favorite places!

Our dear Natalie began her career with the alternative-rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981.

Her recent solo-album is Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings. The record a collection of all-new recordings revisiting Merchant's multi-platinum solo debut Tigerlily. There is also a new 10-CD Natalie Merchant Collection available this month.

Representatives from Food and Water Watch will join Natalie on this tour.
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Alan Chartock
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
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