Three Long Island Singer-Songwriters Share Stage in Patchogue, N.Y.

April 18, 2008

(Long Island, N.Y.) Rorie Kelly, John-Flor and Jay Scott will perform alone and together, each celebrating the release of a new album in a special Monday night edition of the Patchogue Theatre’s Live in the Lobby concert series on May 12th.

Rorie Kelly writes songs, breaks strings, screams, sings pretty, and then screams some more. She will, in short, rock your socks, which is what she did the past two times she performed in the Lobby. Ms. Kelly has performed primarily as a solo artist and gained a following for her passionate vocal style, heartfelt songs and percussive acoustic guitar style. In addition to a busy performance schedule in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island she has organized a Women Who Will Rock Your Socks concert series, Participated in the Musicians for Peace Project by organizing musical consciousness raising events and performed at the Acoustic Long Island Winter concert to benefit Long Island Cares. She returns to Patchogue and celebrates the imminent the release of her first album, Wish Upon a Bottlecap. This will be her first local performance with her new band featuring Joe Rende on drums, Andrew Jimenez on bass guitar, Chaka Knice on keyboards and Angela Quiles on backing vocals.

In 2004, John-Flor Sisante released his first album The Music of Things, and Rafer Guzman of Newsday called it “a collection of 10 terrific tracks…throughout the disc, he puts his stamp on each song in surprising, delightful ways.” On The Music of Things, the young troubadour reflects on the common universal themes of love and attraction, envy and resignation, the loss of innocence, and the spiritual malaise experienced by all human beings, regardless of where they come from. The album, arranged and produced by John-Flor with much input from his drummer, Casey Tuck, and his engineer, Rob Ignazio, showcases a tremendous stylistic range, from folk to indie rock to Latin. John-Flor’s second album will be released this summer and he has been offering samples on his MySpace page in recent months. In October 2007, Guzman said “Sisante recently posted three new tracks to his MySpace page, and they’re terrific. This time around, Sisante is really stretching his creative boundaries”. His fans are anxiously awaiting his next album, and he will perform several songs from it on May 12.

Singer-Songwriter Jay Scott’s “rich voice of gritty satin makes his music instantly compelling. Although born and raised on Long Island, his deep, raspy tone is pure Delta blues in origin, and is as intoxicating as southern whiskey.” (Jennett Meriden Russell, The Press of Manorville & The Moriches). Scott’s sound has been called “Americana”, “bluesy soul” and “alt country” and is easily recognizable because of his disincentive, slightly gravely vocal style that has drawn comparisons to Bob Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Cocker. Since 2000, He has been writing and polishing his songs through regular live performances in Long Island, New York City and California. Scott returned to his home town of Patchogue in 2004, got married, bought a house, had a baby, and recorded his first Album, Homegrown which will be released this month and which he will celebrate with this special acoustic performance, joined by Jason Tebaldi on five string fretless acoustic bass guitar.

The evening opens with the Songwriter Spotlight with Corey Balsamo, Aaron Palmadessa, Seamus Sullivan and more!!

Live in the Lobby is a series of concerts for small audiences held in the lobby of the historic Patchogue Theatre. These concerts, which are organized and operated by volunteers, feature artists from the Long Island area playing a wide variety of mostly original music in an intimate and comfortable setting.

All ages are welcome. Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main Street, Patchogue. Tickets $10.00 at the box office and by phone (631)207-1313. www.PatchogueTheatre.com

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