Eight Concerts Feature a Wide Variety of Music Venues

Pawtucket—The Pawtucket Riverfront Commission announces the kick off of its 2007 Riverfront Concert Series.  Every Sunday, beginning July 8^th until August 26^th, a diverse style of music, from Rhythm & Blues, Swing, Polka, Country and Oldies, can be heard from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial Amphitheater located next to Pawtucket City Hall on Roosevelt Avenue.  Admission is free.
  At the first concert scheduled for Sunday, July 8^th, Plainfolk comes to downtown Pawtucket singing folk songs that tell the stories of New England and well beyond.  Twenty-seven years later they are still together writing and recording folk music in a traditional style.  During that time they went from the local pubs and clubs to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC and on into cyberspace.  That’s a long way.  But the instruments are still good; the harmonies still sweet and the voices still honest.  Band members include Charlie Ball, Dennis Costello, John Costello, Dave Poland, Tom Porzuc, and Barry Sullivan. As ever, it is music for its own sake and it’s still great fun. 
             “I am pleased to see the artistic activities flourishing throughout the City of Pawtucket,” stated Mayor James E. Doyle.  “Where else but Pawtucket can music lovers from our community and all over the state come to listen to a wide variety of musical venues this Summer for free,” added Mayor Doyle.