Crabtree Productions

08/12/2023

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11/09/2023

Isobel, Esther & Solomon performing "World Before Us" at the historic Hopkins Wharf Gallery & Ice House on North Haven Island, Maine. Connect, Create, Enric...

26/07/2023

Crabtree Sessions
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~ Willis, Leigh & Carper ~

THIS SUNDAY JULY 30th! 2023 ISLAND ARTIST SHOWCASE North Haven Maine. Hosted in the gorgeous Post & Beam Barn at Turner COCKTAILS, BEER & WINE!!
Join us for a spectacular evening of song & storytelling!

Kelly Willis, Brennen Leigh and Melissa Carper, all celebrated singer songwriters, have joined forces for a run of shows collaborating on a collection of each of their works. all for one amazing night of music!

BRENNEN LEIGH – “Brennen will carry the torch for REAL American music for her generation, and she’s the best one to do it in my opinion,” says Ray Benson. Brennen’s upcoming release “Obsessed With The West” is set to release May 6th featuring Asleep at the Wheel. The album features 12 original songs that Brennen says, “is my love note to Western Swing; To the rich culture it comes from, as I see it.”

KELLY WILLIS – “There’s no point in being nostalgic for the generic delineations of the past. We are in the present. That’s where Kelly Willis lives, and it’s there that she sings, as keenly and movingly as any singer in the country or pop or rock present,” says No Depression.

MELISSA CARPER – “Melissa is one of the greatest classic golden era country singers and composers of this generation,” says Saving Country Music. Melissa’s most recent release “Daddy’s Country Gold” is just that, 12 glittering Carper originals from the country, western swing and jazz variety. Melissa has a new album in the works for release in the fall 2022.

“Together, the three played off each other perfectly, while each proving exceptional in their own right.” - Austin Chronicle

We’re excited to welcome Kelly, Brennen & Melissa out to North Haven for the 2023 Island Artist Showcase!

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23/04/2023

Crabtree Sessions
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~ Gina Leslie ~

SUN June 11th! Turner Farm, North Haven Island. Oysters, Cocktails, Beer & Wine Doors 7:30 Join us for an evening of live music, songs & stories!

With a spellbinding voice and tender insightful songwriting, New Oleans-based Gina Leslie has established herself as a budding artist to watch with her February 11 release, No You’re Crying. Born into a musical family in Colorado, she spent the better part of her formative years barefoot at a bluegrass festivals, fiddle camps, and crowded family jams. After years of honing her voice as an artist and songwriter, Leslie now gives us No, You’re Crying, her debut solo release, recorded over the past two years of isolation. The songs came to life in the hot attic of a bright yellow house in New Orleans, and they capture a time and place of heartbreak and solitude. It’s everything a good breakup album should have– rootlessness and longing, an acceptance of life’s sadness, with a yearning to find happiness– but like anything worth its weight, more than the sum of its sorrows.
Floating between country and jazz, blending a melancholic jubilee that sinks its teeth into your heart, No, You're Crying asks you to think about heartbreak as more than a lament for what you've lost, or a memory of what you miss. As Gina puts it on “I See You Everywhere I Go,” true heartbreak is love and loss together, the pain of knowing you have to let go before you do, “holding on to what's already gone.” The first single, “Little Company” is the EP’s high point of hopefulness, a song written on a lonely birthday when the company of even a mosquito is welcome. The EP rounds out with the epic ballad “How Many Waltzes is Too Many Waltzes”, an ode to Louisiana and love lost along the way. The songs weave together sounds of pedal steel, fiddles, organ, clarinet and luscious harmonies to envelop the ears in waves of feelings, and entice the listener to dim the lights and pour a glass

22/04/2023

Crabtree Sessions
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~ Joe Kaplow ~

May 28th! Turner Farm, North Haven Island.
Doors 7pm. 🌊🦪OYSTERS, COCKTAILS, BEER & WINE. Join us for a spectacular evening of live music!!

The first 20 years is just to see if you like it or not," Jerry Lopez, an iconic surfer, joked about the sport and lifestyle of surfing. Joe Kaplow has always admired and glorified that type of Jedi-like dedication. After 20 years, Kaplow is pretty sure he likes making music. Up until now it was easy for California based songwriter Joe Kaplow to be pushed along. At eight he was getting screamed at by Uncle Jim for playing out of time. A few years later found him passing almost every single after school evening getting stoned and jamming with his band in Bondar's basement. Years later again he was studying music at college and having to sink or swim in the sea of talent crowding Boston streets and finally, for the past 5 years, plugging his amp into the outlet of American music heritage, driving around and playing shows in bars, clubs, and coffee shops while figuring out along the way that CDs are lame and that booking pitches should be concise. It was almost like there wasn't time to stop and think. Recently, it seems like all he does is think. When all the momentum, all the plans, all the validation, all the adventure, and all the money just stop; when the pushing stops, one may find themselves asking, "Why am I doing this?" An underdog without an over-dog is just a dog. Kaplow describes music as his "currency for life. We all have something, or a few things that we do, we work at, we commit to and that's how we pay for our time here. It's like life is a Ferris wheel at the county fair. You can't just ride all night. Every 4 times around you have to stop at the bottom and pay for another half hour or whatever." When faced with the question, "Why am I doing this?" Kaplow answered, "because this is how I feel best paying for my time.”…

Looking forward

22/04/2023

Crabtree Sessions
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~ Elijah Berlow ~

FRIDAY MAY 12th Crabtree Point, North Haven Island, Maine. Crabtree Cottage Show! Doors 7pm - Oysters, Cocktails, Beer & Wine. Join us for an intimate evening of songs & stories with this talented singer-songwriter!

Elijah Berlow is a Chicago-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist folk musician.Originating from pastoral roots in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, Berlow is a playful story-teller with a narrative style grounded in the traditions of Americana music. As a vocalist, he emanates a sincere warmth through his thoughtful phrasing; and his diligent fingerpicking guitar-style leads steadily through the pulsing catharsis of any song.Berlow creates music that is complex, soulful and in conversation with a rich rhythmic history. His music can currently be found on all streaming platforms including the newly self-released EP “Put Out Fires”(2022).

Looking forward to having Elijah out the Island!
I’m excited for the music!! 🎶✨🤙

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06/02/2023

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Crabtree Sessions is an Artist Showcase and creative spot for Songwriters, Musicians, Poets & Storytellers to share their music and other works of art, located in the beautiful Fox Islands of Maine! North Haven & it’s surrounding Islands offer a unique wild experience full of inspiration, colorful characters and spectacular beauty.

Crabtree Sessions was created with the dream to cultivate a strong community full of songwriting, poetry, music, storytelling and much more… These past couple years the cultural exchange between the artists and community has been truly inspiring to see! My team and I have been working together building Crabtree Sessions from weekly Sunday Livestreams, into a reputable artist’s residency and artist showcase. Hosting many talented artists from all over the Country and abroad for live shows held at the Turner Farm.

It’s been really incredible to meet all the amazing songwriters, musicians, poets and other folks that venture across Penobscot Bay to North Haven Island sharing their songs, stories and taking part in this awesome exchange of Art, Music & Culture.

Welcoming 2023 with excitement!
More awesome shows, Cottage Sessions, Interviews & Artist Residencies as well as continuing to work on growing Crabtree Sessions in a sustainable way.
Sing songs ~ Tell stories

The entire team & I at Crabtree Sessions. Thank you ALL for your past & future support! Let’s continue to connect, create, enrich and inspire one another through song and story!

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