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EARFULL • TUES • JUNE 18, 2024 • BRANCH LINE RESTAURANT PATIO
Kenneth Calhoun has published short fiction in Ploughshares, the Paris Review, Tin House, Denver Quarterly, the O. Henry Prize and New Stories of the South anthologies, among other publications. His novel, Black Moon, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick and long-listed for the PEN/Bingham Debut Prize for Fiction. He was born and raised in Rancho Cucamonga and now lives in South Boston. He is currently an Assistant Provost and Professor of Design and Lasell University.
*photo by Bruce Wahl
Mark Erelli turns adversity into finely embroidered rock songs that burn with urgency on his 2023 album Lay Your Darkness Down. Following full-bodied rock forebears Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison, Erelli's songwriting explores the unknown glories of this planet. Over his two decades-long career, the singer-songwriter-sideman-producer-writer has proven himself equally at home in a multitude of roles. Written in the wake of his diagnosis with a degenerative retinal disease, Erelli's 2023 album Lay Your Darkness Down is the next step on Erelli's journey, following up on 2020's Blindsided, which garnered praise from Rolling Stone Country, the Associated Press, NPR, The Boston Globe, and more. Recently, Erelli took on a new role as an advocate for low-vision artists and working with venues to make their spaces more accessible.
*photo by Melissa Aldterton
Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of nine works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His other books include Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Joe College, The Abstinence Teacher, Nine Inches, Mrs. Fletcher and his newest, Tracy Flick Can’t Win. His work has been translated into a multitude of languages. Perrotta grew up in New Jersey and lives outside of Boston.
*photo by Beowulf Sheehan
NOTE - Due to unforeseen circumstances, our originally scheduled author, Stephen McCauley, is unable to read on this night. We look forward to rescheduling him.
New York-born and Boston-bred, saxophonist, composer, and educator Gregory Groover Jr is already leaving an indelible mark in the jazz world. As a bandleader, Groover has released two albums (Negro Spiritual Songbook, Vol 1 & 2) and just made his Criss Cross Records debut in April 2024 with his record, Lovabye. In addition to being a bandleader, Groover is a highly sought-after collaborator having performed in music festivals in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. As an educator, Gregory has served as the co-chair of music at his alma mater, the Boston Arts Academy, where he provided instruction in Jazz studies to the next generation of artists and scholars. Gregory currently serves as the Assistant Chair of Ensemble at the Berklee College of Music.
*photo by Ogata Photography