Karl’s Community Music Circle - 4th Sunday of every month

YOUR HOST: Matt Thomas

Gareth Pearson is referred to as “The Welsh Tornado” which is particularly appropriate, seeing as this special talent combines fingerstyle pyrotechnics, with explosive lead runs making Pearson one of the most exciting acoustic musicians gigging today.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-welsh-tornado-gareth-pearson-in-hampton?fbclid=IwY2xjawQVQr9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtb1gyWkd5NjdqSzZuSTNqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpXZ6gJpOlYsfu8bXAjbp4f2P3OSUTkdOdoqh2JEQXggFs4frU59MxNHVyh9_aem_GJvTHjCDshw-qyH5PWSVrw

COST: $30 adv / $35 door
Advanced reservations strongly recommended
Seating is limited

Tickets can be purchased through
Venmo (https://venmo.com/u/Stephen-Bennett-175)
Paypal (e-mail cimirron@mac.com for link)

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Show starts at 7:00 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase

About Stephen...
Stephen Bennett has been playing guitar for nearly six decades. He’s won awards, including the 2024 International Finger Style Guitar Championship. A long time ago (1987) in a galaxy far, far away (Winfield, Kansas), he also won the National Flatpicking Guitar Championship, and is the only person to have won both of those awards.

Stephen has released 37 albums, 33 of them on his own, the rest in collaboration with others, and has also appeared on various compilations (1997’s Masters Of The Acoustic Guitar on the Narada label being one example). His most recent album (released in August 2025) is entitled Still Got It. As is usually the case, work on his next album is underway.

Stephen has played a significant role in the renaissance of the harp guitar and is the founder of the annual Harp Guitar Gathering™. The 24th HGG will take place in November 2026 in Lawrence, Kansas.

He’s played music around the United States and in many other countries too, touring on his own, and with other notable musicians - Lulu Reinhardt, Itamar Erez, Andy McKee, and Tommy Emmanuel, among many others. Alex Lifeson (of Rush), joined Stephen on his most recent album, playing on a tune entitled Mr. Zelenskyy, in honor of the Ukrainian president, as well as on a track Stephen composed in honor of former Senator Mitt Romney entitled Who Knew A Man Of Honor Would Be So Hard To Find, recently released as a single.

Stephen’s favorite quote ever about his playing? The Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association dubbed him the “Jedi Master of Fingerstyle Guitar”. While he would never make such an assessment, occasionally he isn’t completely unhappy with his playing.

Born in Oregon, Stephen was raised in the Hudson Valley of NY, and lived in Virginia for 30 + years. After moving to Connecticut in 2010, he and his wife Nancy moved a few years ago to the beautiful northwest corner of the state, alongside the Housatonic River.

https://harpguitar.com/

Advanced reservations strongly recommended
Seating is limited

Tickets can be purchased through
Paypal (booking@chloeyoutsey.com)
Cashapp ($chloeyoutsey) or
Venmo (@chloeyoutsey)

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Show starts at 7:00 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase

YOUR HOST: Chloe Youtsey

Veer Music Awards 2026 triple nominee Chloe Youtsey (Live Album of the Year, Jazz, & R&B) offers an an intimate solo performance at Victorian Station 'The Big PInk' listening room, including an exclusive sneak peak at songs off her upcoming original EP Watcha Came For (set for release fall 2026.)

COST: $30
Advanced reservations strongly recommended
Seating is limited

Tickets can be purchased through
Paypal (booking@chloeyoutsey.com)
Cashapp ($chloeyoutsey) or
Venmo (@chloeyoutsey)

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Show starts at 7:00 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase

Join us for an intimate house concert at Victorian Station with nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Tret Fure on Sunday, April 26, 2026.

Tret Fure began her career at the age of 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest. At 19, she moved to LA in hopes of obtaining a record deal. Within a year she was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, touring with him and penning the single for his album Mousetrap. She went on to record her own album Tret Fure in 1973, on MCA/UNI Records, with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release, she opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J Geils Band.

A prolific artist in the contemporary singer-songwriter arena, Tret Fure has released 18 albums and CDs over the course of her 51-year career. Her new CD, Lavender Moonshine has just been released in late 2023. In addition to being a gifted songwriter, Fure has engineered and produced countless recordings by a variety of artists, including her own work.

In the early ’80s, Tret moved to the independent side of the industry discovering the blossoming genre known as Women’s Music. She recorded with and produced some of the best of women’s music including mixing the legendary Meg & Cris at Carnegie Hall (1983). She worked as a duo with Cris Williamson throughout the ’90s, producing, engineering and releasing three CDs together. Now after nine acoustic releases on her own label, Tomboy girl Records, she has re-established herself in the folk world.

Some highlights from her career:

2023 – Tret was awarded the Phil Ochs Award in recognition of her music and her activism for social and political justice.
2022 – Finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition with Tret’s new song, “Home You Go”.

2021 – #1 song “Roses in November” from the CD Roses in November (2018) for the month of November in the FAI FOLK CHART.

2021 – #14 Album for the year with Stone by Stone. #9 song for the year with “Monuments” and #25 artist of the year.

2021 – 2nd place winner in A Still Small Voice 4U songwriting competition with the song “Louder Than the Guns”.

2021 – #1 song “Monuments” from the CD Stone by Stone (2020) for the month of February in the FAI FOLK CHART.

2020 – 1st place winner in A Still Small Voice 4U songwriting competition with her song “Monuments”.

2018 – #1 song “Lessons From Home Plate” from the CD Roses in November (2018) for the month of June in the FAI FOLK CHART.

2017 – 2nd place winner in the Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay songwriting contest for her song “The Fishermen of Bristol Bay” (2015).

2015 – Rembrandt Afternoons (2015) was chosen by the acclaimed folk music show Midnight Special as their album of the week.

2011 – Winner of the Women in the Arts Phyllis Roark Memorial Award for Philanthropy.

2009 – Winner of the Women in the Arts Janine C Rae Award for the Advancement of Women’s Culture.

2009 – Voted Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician.

2004 – Winner of the South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories, Best Overall and Best Up-Tempo Song.

2004 – Winner of the Women in the Arts Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music.

1990 – Voted both Best Guitarist and Best Engineer in a Reader’s Choice poll in Hot Wire: The Journal of Women’s Music & Culture.

Wanda A. Fischer from WMAC Northeast Public Radio has this to say:
“Roses in November is yet another masterpiece from Tret. Exceptionally crafted songs delivered with passion, conviction and, yes, soul. Tret weaves magic both in the lyrics and between the lines. This will certainly be on my ‘Best of 2018’ list.”

In addition to touring and recording, Tret teaches guitar and songwriting individually and in workshop settings. She paints pet portraits on commission and, an accomplished cook, Fure has also published a cookbook, Tret’s Kitchen, featuring her own recipes. Along with bridging the marketing, production, music and art worlds, Tret served for 6 years as President of Local 1000, The Traveling Musicians Association – a union geared toward helping traveling musicians find security and longevity.

Tret is truly a Renaissance Woman!

YOUR HOSTS: Victorian Station, Big Pink Music, Karl Werne
COST: $20 suggested donation
Advanced reservations required/Seating is limited
E-mail: tretfure@gmail.com
Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Show starts at 2 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase
Tret's concert will be followed by our usual 4th Sunday Karl's Community Music Circle & Potluck - a wonderful double header at the region's only community supported listening room!

Karl’s Community Music Circle - 4th Sunday of every month