Velvety voiced Binghamton based singer-songwriter Michael Patrick Phelan...(More)

Velvety voiced Binghamton based singer-songwriter Michael Patrick Phelan pairs up with expressive NYC-based singer-songwriter for an evening of storytelling and song. If you like clean, crisp sheets covered with a fuzzy blanket, you'll love Michael Patrick Phelan. His music possesses both a refreshing honesty and soothing clarity. Mike's velvety voice, straightforward melody lines and intelligent (yet not overly wordy) lyrics tell the stories of average people. His arrangements are equally as spare, a breath of fresh air in a market crowded with overproduced perfection. While his vocal style has drawn comparisons to jazz legends such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, his songs and the themes they explore share more common ground with folk-pop icons James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. He has found inspiration in recent years from fellow singer/songwriter/pianists Bruce Hornsby, Marc Cohn, and Sarah McLachlan, to name a few. -------- An army brat, singer-songwriter and actress Jo Williamson spent her childhood moving all over the United States and Europe living on different military bases with her family. She started singing and acting at age five when she played Narrator Number 1 in her kindergarten class production of the musical "Peter Rabbit" in Fort Benning, Georgia. She moved to New York to study theater and music and has not left yet. It was here she started playing guitar and writing songs. Jo Williamson has learned much from working with various musicians/composers including Charlie Porter, Faye Ellen Silverman, Tony Geballe, Brent Arnold and Ann Ellsworth.(Less)