Portsmouth Community Concerts Presents Americana Women ~ Salute to the Women of Country & Folk
November 13 @ 7:30 pm
$25Featuring four multi-instrumentalists from New York City, Americana Women distinguishes themselves by their tight harmonies, sizzling solos, and passion for bringing more female artists to the spotlight. This dynamic group is sure to have you toe-tapping, clapping, and singing along to the Queens of Country and Folk! Americana Women celebrate American folk music from its earliest origins through current country, rock, and folk. From the classic hits you grew up with to the contemporaries carrying the torch, come celebrate the women who define country and folk music. Featuring artists such as Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Patsy Montana, Lucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, The Chicks, as well as original music.
Americana Women ~ Salute to the Women of Country & Folk
Allison Kelly, Bandleader, after a decade of touring with original music and theater, one thing remained constant: women’s music, songwriting, and their stories told far less than their male counterparts. Inspired to bring female artists to center stage, and to create a collective for NYC based singer/instrumentalists, Allison created Americana Women. From its earliest days, Americana Women has employed women on the creative, performing, technical, and management teams. Aside from Americana Women, favorite work includes: Monstress (Hunger and Thirst Theatre Co. NYC) Regional: The Other Josh Cohen, American Idiot, Ring of Fire, Airness, Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America. NY Workshops: Little Orphan Danny, The Hello Girls. TV: The Helpsters (Apple TV+), The 75th Annual Tony Awards (ensemble vocalist). Allison tours nationally as June Carter with Darlin’ Companion: Johnny and June Carter Cash and Not Fade Away: Rock n/ Roll Reignited. She has served as Music Director for the Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee. Her original music is available through her band, Southpaw Green, on all streaming services.
Tina Scariano is originally from Billings, Montana. Tina is now a New York City based musician, actor, and makeup artist. She has toured the country for a decade as the lead singer of A Band Called Honalee. In 2020, she debuted her solo show Feels Like Home: Celebrating the Queens of 70s Folk/Rock which has gone on to play iconic venues in NYC’s tri-state area (Birdland, 54 Below, Green Room 42) as well as tour across America. She is a member of Actors Equity, and has performed multiple contracts for Disney Cruise Line, Utah Shakespeare Festival, as well as various Off-Broadway shows. She holds a
BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University. When she is not performing, Tina makes magic happen behind the scenes as a makeup artist to Broadway stars & TV personalities.
Lauren Jeanne Thomas is an actress and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. She most recently played The Fiddler in the critically acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) Off-Broadway, directed by Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey. Select credits: Once (Reza, national tour), The Goree All-Girl String Band (NYMF), Monopoly, Songs for a New World. Concerts: Streicker Center (duet with Itzhak Perlman). BFA Acting (BU and LAMDA).
Meg Tooey played and has written with the greatest songwriters of our time (SaraBareilles, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell). She earned praise as a guitarist of The Weepies,won a Latin Grammy with Spain’s Manolo Garcia, and helped orchestrate Waitress theMusical. Her songs featured on shows like “Pretty Little Liars,” “Vampire Diaries,”“Grey’s Anatomy,” and with Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel, Cyndi Lauper, The Go Go’s,Jason Mraz, Lea Salonga, and Ruben and Clay.