The 2nd SHIFT Music Series
Curated by musician Mark Erelli, the 2nd SHIFT Music Series features a wide array of performers from a variety of genres including roots, rock, blues, and folk. While the musicians appearing in the series come from diverse backgrounds,each in some way reflects the innovative, exploratory American spirit that our Museum celebrates.
Our 2024 Fall Season:
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About the 2nd SHIFT:
Begun in the Spring of 2016 as a showcase for diverse musical talent curated by roots musician and Waltham resident Michael Tarbox, the 2nd SHIFT Music Series has helped make the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation Waltham's signature music venue. After an incredible four-season run overseeing the selection of the top-notch artists who have graced the stage here, Michael stepped aside at the end of the Fall '17 Season to allow a new curator to bring their perspective to the 2nd SHIFT, Mark Erelli.
Mark Erelli -- (Photo Sam Kassirer)
About our 2nd SHIFT Curator:
Mark Erelli finished up a graduate degree in evolutionary biology shortly after his eponymous debut was released on Signature Sounds in 1999. For the past 19 years, he has maintained a rigorous touring schedule, appearing onstage everywhere from coffeehouses and major folk festival stages (Newport, Philadelphia) to Fenway Park, where he once sang the national anthem before a Red Sox game.
In recent years, Erelli has gained notoriety as a multi-instrumentalist sideman and producer, accompanying GRAMMY-winning artists such as Lori McKenna, Paula Cole and Josh Ritter everywhere from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry to London’s Royal Albert Hall. His wealth of experience across such a wide range of both venues and artists makes him ideally suited to curate the 2nd Shift Music Series. Erelli grew up going to coffeehouses, clubs and bars in the greater Boston area, and is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the diversity and quality of the very arts community that has inspired him over the years.
Banner photo by Steve Wirtes
The Charles River Museum is grateful to
Kathy and Dan Tappan
for their sponsorship of this season of the 2nd SHIFT
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To see our amazing array of past 2nd SHIFT Performers CLICK HERE
“I told Mark Erelli when his music brought me to this museum that he “brought me back to the New England I never left.”
And I meant it.
We owe it to ourselves to take a step back, to embrace our surroundings while enjoying consistently beautiful music in an atmosphere that envelops you with history, appreciation and hope.
I ALWAYS feel better leaving than I did arriving and I’m never alone- I’m just by myself. ”
