This week does everything at once. Juneteenth on Friday, the solstice over the weekend, Father’s Day on Sunday, and what feels like every choir and cover band within 30 miles showing up for all of it.
JUN 19 to JUN 21 – The CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents I Hear America Singing at Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth, a 250th-anniversary revue with more than 100 voices, the largest choral group on the peninsula. Expect “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “This Land Is Your Land” sharing a program with Neil Diamond, which is a sentence I did not expect to write. Music Director Doug Yetter steers the whole thing. On Juneteenth weekend, the history threaded through this one lands a little harder.
JUN 19 – If you prefer your patriotism with distortion pedals, the U.S. Air Force Band’s Max Impact plays the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand free at 8 p.m. It is the Air Force’s premier rock band, and they are very good at their jobs. Bring a chair.
JUN 25 – Rocking the Docks at the Lewes Ferry Grounds brings Keller Williams, who assembles an entire band out of one guitar, a stack of loop pedals, and an apparent disregard for how many hands a person is supposed to have. Worth going once just to figure out the trick. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Kids 12 and younger are free.
Marissa’s Picks at The Listening Booth
JUN 19 – The Black Feathers with Lavender Browne
The Black Feathers are Sian Chandler and Ray Hughes, a married Welsh duo who built a real reputation on harmonies tight enough to sound like one voice. They have played the Cambridge Folk Festival, AmericanaFest, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and the comparisons to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings are earned rather than borrowed. Their songs run quiet and gutting in equal measure, which is exactly what this room was built for. Lavender Browne opens. Show starts at 7 p.m.
MORE TO HEAR AND DO AT THE BOOTH:
JUN 20 – Rave Party hosted by 420R.AVE
JUN 27 – Hollyy
JUN 28 – Rebecca Loebe
Visit listeningbooth.com/shows for tickets.
