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Music is a key part of the Woods Hole Film Festival experience.  For the past 7 years, the Film Festival and The Reel Blues Fest have joined forces to create a film and music combination that will blow you away.   This year, we will continue in that tradition. 

Thursday, July 26th at the Cape Cod Melody Tent 

The Reel Blues Fest 2007 presents

Superstar bluesman KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD.  James Montgomery, Jim Belushi and Ernie and the Automatics with former members of the band Boston round out this amazing show.

Tickets are on sale today through the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis - either in person or online.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

The Late Night Swing Band - Saturday July 28, 2007 - 10:00 PM
The Waterfront Restaurant - Free with ticket stub or $10 at the door

Local favorites, the Late Night Swing band will entertain the opening night party crowd with a fine melodic blend of jazz and personal flare.  Come and hear this fine trio swing the night away!

Chris Beard joins the leaders of the newest generation poised to take music into the next century. Beard was born into the Blues of Rochester, New York on August 29, 1957 as son of blues guitarist Joe Beard, who is just now receiving recognition as a recording artist. Chris grew up surrounded by blues players and the music. Naturally there were many greats passing through the house as they came to town to do shows with Joe and his band. Buddy Guy and Matt Murphy are just two of the many ace guitarists Chris remembers from those early days. Chris Picked up the guitar at age five and there was no looking back. The first tune he could pick out was “Green Onions”, which is appropriate as that funky mix of blues and instrumental panache that characterizes so much of his style today. At age 15, Beard was working steadily with an established R&B band, now known as national recording artists, CAMEO. Invited to go on the road, mom said no, he had to finish school. After years of working as a sideman in local bands and with his father, Chris took the big step of fronting his own group and setting out to establish himself as a serious modern Blues artist. With songwriting influences acknowledged such as Luther Allison, Albert King, Buddy Guy and Johnny “guitar” Watson, this young man has also carved out an identity for himself as a talented writer. In June of 1998, Beard released his first CD “Barwalkin”, which earned him a 1998 nomination for the W.C. Handy Award, “Best New Blues Artist”, the Oscar of the blues world. In 1999 he won the Muddy Waters Award by Blues Beat Magazine, “New Talent of the Year”. Chris Beard’s warm soulful voice was ideally suited to his material and the songs were written by Chris and steeped in the Blues tradition, but with a nice new contemporary edge.

Flynn - Singer/Songwriter - Friday, August 3rd - Nimrod Restaurant - 10 pm - Free with Ticket Stub or $10 at the door

Flynn has carved out a thriving career as an artist, composer and producer. After capturing the "Outstanding Debut Release" at the Boston Music Awards, he completed his strongestselection of songs to date on onAn Amercian Wake (Black Wolf Records).

His new release reflects his adopted country of America with an honest, emotionally powerful and passionate view of American life within the framework of a masterful pop/rock production.

Flynn is a musician coming into his own. Along with his solo and band performances, he is in high demand with a steady stream of TV and film projects both as a composer and songwriter. Flynn has and continues to have song placements on major TV network shows such as: The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live, All My Children, Haunted. Stuck On You. His music is popping up in all sorts of places these days, for instance, Kenneth Cole recently picked one of Flynn's songs to be featured on the 15,000 CD samplers given out to customers at his high fashion shoe/clothing stores. Flynn's compelling live show has been affirmed by scoring openers with acts ranging from The Allman Brothers and Simple Minds to Seven Nations and Ellis Paul. Whether it is concert halls or intimate coffeehouse settings, Flynn combines his uncanny ability to reach people through song; drawing from the wisdom and insight that comes from surviving a life-changing event.  The songs are as honest, passionate and exciting as his life has been.

Barclay Martin - Singer/Songwriter - Saturday, August 4th - 11 pm Landfall Restaurant - Free with ticket stub or $10 at the door
 

A traveler by nature, Barclay Martin’s music has always reflected experiences wrought from taking the road less traveled. Having spent over 3 years of his life living abroad, his songs speak of the ties that bind, people, their hope and joy, sorrow and struggle. He weaves stories throughout his shows, looking intimately into the places and the events that brought them about. Formerly of the Michigan based folk/bluegrass quintet Potato Moon, Martin left the band in 2002 in order to embark on a trip to Latin America and to continue the development of his songwriting individually. Through his background as a troubadour and adventurer, he has become aware of the richness and beauty of the greater world firsthand. A Kansas City native, Martin is taking to the road again this time on a 10-month tour of the United States in support of his solo record “Promise on a String.” The record is, in many respects, a convergence of his background in homegrown music and the experiences taken from years of learning through travel. A blend of folk, jazz, pop, and bluegrass, it is an honest, organic sound, which calls upon the ancient tones that reverberate through the halls of American music.

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