Songs From the Deep with Compass Bros

Songs From the Deep with Compass Bros (Michael O’Leary & Gary Dolinsky) - in the Gorton’s Gallery 2:30-4:00 pm

As part of the Harbortown Cultural District’s all-day From the Deep event on Saturday, Nov. 7 Maritime Gloucester presents a family friendly concert featuring the duo Compass Bros, who will share an array of maritime songs and ballads, many with a connection to Cape Ann, including sing-alongs. Executive director Dan Albani will also share news on all that’s in the works on the MG campus, and the gift shop will be open from 11-5. For more info on From the Deep see: https://www.harbortownculturaldistrict.org/from-the-deep

Michael O’Leary, a blow-in to Cape Ann from along the ‘the wide Missouri’, is a singer and song-searcher of Celtic and Maritime songs and ballads. He loves to share the historical and cultural background of songs, and his Fishermen’s Ballads Project explores the 1874 Gloucester publication Fishermen's Ballads and Songs of the Sea. He hosts Celtic Music Sunset Sails on schooner ARDELLE every Sunday June thru September.

Gary Dolinsky performs original songs and traditional folk music from North America, England, Ireland and Scotland accompanying himself on guitar, Irish bouzouki, and Anglo-Concertina. Formerly of the critically acclaimed folk-duo Compass Rose, and more recently with the Loose Change Trio, Gary has performed extensively in the New England coffeehouse/club circuit. He has shared the stage with premier national artists including Chris Smither, Bill Staines, Pete Seeger, Greg Brown and Sally Rogers at some venerable music venues in the Northeast region.