World renowned singer-songwriter John Gorka returns to the Me&Thee on May 16 to conclude the club’s 55th season.
Gorka has released a dozen critically acclaimed albums on Windham Hill and Red House records, including a collector’s edition box featuring a high-definition DVD and CD called “The Gypsy Life.”
Gorka also released an album with his friends and Red House label-mates Lucy Kaplansky and Eliza Gilkyson, which was met with high praise from critics and fans alike. The album hit the Billboard Folk Charts and was one of the most played albums on folk radio.
His rich and multifaceted songs — which are full of depth, beauty and emotion — have gained increasing attention from critics and audiences across the country, as well as in Europe, where his tours led him through Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Switzerland and Germany. Gorka has toured with many notable friends, including Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter. His video for the single “When She Kisses Me” found a long-term rotation on VH-1’s “Current Country,” as well as on CMT and the Nashville Network.
Many well-known artists have recorded and performed Gorka songs, including Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. Gorka, who now lives in Minnesota, has graced the stages of Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, eTown and has even appeared on CNN. His new song “Where No Monuments Stand” is featured in the new documentary “Every War Has Two Losers,” which is about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
Online tickets are only available at meandthee.org and in person at the Arnould Gallery, 111 Washington St. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., and it is community seating. Me&Thee is an all-volunteer, nonprofit arts organization at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 28 Mugford Street. Freshly baked desserts, mulled cider, coffee, tea and seltzers are available before the show and during intermission.
The Me&Thee will kick off its 56th season on Sept. 5 with two well-known folk legends: Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt.
