Jen Chapin
Daughter of famed musician Harry Chapin to perform benefit
concert
CLAYTON,
New York (September 20, 2013) — The Antique Boat Museum (ABM), North America’s
premier freshwater nautical museum based in Clayton, New York, along with WPBS
of Northern New York and Eastern Ontario, announced today details of a concert
to benefit the ABM, which will be held on October 5.
Story
Songs in the Stone Building presented by
WPBS will take place on Saturday, October 5 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the
historic E.J. Noble Stone Building on the campus of the ABM.
Headlining
the performance will be Jen Chapin, daughter of the late Harry Chapin. She will
be joined by opening act Chris Brown (www.chrisbrownmusic.com),
a fellow organist, songwriter, and producer, who has worked with the likes of
B.B. King and The Tragically Hip.
Chapin’s
music is considered to be urban folk soul, or story songs, that search for
community and shared meaning, powered by the funk and improvisation of the
city. Critics have hailed her work as “smart, observant, lyrically deft,
politically aware and emotionally intuitive” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
JazzTimes has called her “a first-rate storyteller.” She has been featured on
“Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” NPR’s “Mountain Stage,” WoodSongs “Old-Time
Radio Hour,” and Sirius Satellite’s “The Loft with Mike Marrone.” In addition,
she has been honored by the USA Songwriting Competition, has performed on stage
with Bruce Springsteen, and has opened shows for Bruce Hornsby, Smokey
Robinson, and the Neville Brothers. Her cover of Van Morrison's "Into the
Mystic" was also prominently featured in a recent episode of the new SyFy
series "Defiance".
Her
music reflects a diversity of experience. She is an activist, with a lifelong
involvement in WhyHunger (founded in 1975 by her late father), an organization
that champions innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty; and
is also active in the local and sustainable food movement. She is an educator,
leading workshops and presentations to college, community and church groups,
with a background teaching full-time in Brooklyn classrooms.
Chapin
(www.jenchapin.com) recently released a new album, Reckoning, produced
by five-time Grammy Award winner Kevin Killen. The music on the album has drawn
comparisons to the songwriting power of Paul Simon and Ani DiFranco.
Story
Songs in the Stone Building presented by
WPBS will benefit the ABM and tickets can be purchased the night of the show
for only $10 each, which includes one free drink.
About
WPBS
WPBS/WNPI-TV
is licensed as St. Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council, Inc. and was
founded in 1958 as a non-profit educational corporation established under an
absolute Charter from the NYS Board of Regents.
For
the first 13 years, the Council produced educational programs that were
broadcast by WWNY-TV, a local commercial station. In August 1971, WNPE/WNPI-TV
began operation as a public television station. Two transmitters were installed
which serve a broadcast area throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario.
In 1978, the staff and equipment outgrew their facilities on Champion Hill and
moved to the existing location on Arsenal Street in Watertown, New York. In
September 1998, the FCC granted permission for WNPE to change its call letters
to WPBS-DT.
Today,
WPBS-DT employs the equivalent of 26 full-time employees. WPBS-DT is the
producer of nationally syndicated programs and is widely recognized for it's
children's programming, which is commercial-free, educational and entertaining.
About
the ABM
Located
on the St. Lawrence River in the 1000 Islands, the Antique Boat Museum features
a collection of over 300 antique and classic boats, among thousands of
recreational boating artifacts. In 2014, the Museum will host the 50th annual
Antique Boat Show and Auction, the longest running show in North America, on
August 1-3, as well as the Raceboat Regatta on August 8-10. For more
information, please visit the Museum’s website at ABM.org.
Video: Jen Chapin, Into the Mystic (Van Morrison)
