Please join us on June 15th at 8:00 (doors open at 7:45) for an exclusive Mandolin friends and family event. Lily & Madeleine and Carrie Newcomer will be performing live on the virtual stage at The Vogue. This is an invite-only event for the artists’ most loyal fans and Mandolin’s friends and family. We’re anxious to get your feedback on the Mandolin virtual concert experience! Register here on Eventbrite and we will send your personalized ticket by email before the event.
Lily & Madeleine
Website | FacebookBio: Lily & Madeleine is an American folk-pop duo from Indianapolis, Indiana, consisting of sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz. They have released full-length studio albums, Lily & Madeleine (2013), Fumes (2014), Keep It Together (2016) and Canterbury Girls (2019)Their first EP was entitled The Weight of the Globe. Their songs are the product of two distinct musical personalities. Madeleine, the older sister with a light, smooth singing style, leans towards folkier, singer-songwriter fare; Lily helps lean the duo towards its gentle rock edge, and has a dark, earthy voice to match.
Carrie Newcomer
Website | FacebookBio: Carrie Newcomer is a performer, recording artist, and educator, described as a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe and one who “asks all the right questions” by Rolling Stone. Her song “I Should’ve Known Better” appeared on Nickel Creek’s Grammy award-winning gold-certified album “This Side”, and she earned a regional Emmy for the PBS special “An Evening with Carrie Newcomer.” Recent appearances include PBS Religion and Ethics and National Award Winning Krista Tippett’s On Being. In 2019 Carrie was awarded The Shalem Institute’s Contemplative Voices Award. In the fall of 2009 and 2011 Newcomer was a cultural ambassador to India invited by the American Embassy of India, resulting in her interfaith collaborative benefit album Everything is Everywhere with world master of the Indian Sarod, Amjad Ali Khan. In June 2012/13 Carrie Newcomer traveled to Kenya, Africa and The Middle East, performing in schools, spiritual communities and AIDS hospitals. Carrie has 17 nationally released albums on Available Light & Concord/Rounder including The Point of Arrival, The Beautiful Not Yet, A Permeable Life and Everything is Everywhere. Newcomer has also released two companion books of poetry & essays, A Permeable Life: Poems and Essays and The Beautiful Not Y et: Poems, Essays & Lyrics. Newcomer’s first theatrical production, Betty’s Diner: The Musical was produced as part of the Purdue University 2015/2016 theatrical season and is now available to interested theaters, universities and spiritual communities.Her 2017 PBS special, An Evening with Carrie Newcomer is currently playing in markets across the USA and earning her a regional Emmy, featuring songs from The Beautiful Not Yet and special commentary and conversation with Parker J. Palmer. In June of 2018 Carrie will joined again with Parker J. Palmer for a new project, The Growing Edge, with a new website, podcast and retreats. Spirituality and Health Magazine named The Growing Edge collaboration as one of the top ten spiritual leaders for the next 20 year Other collaborations with Parker J. Palmer include Healing the Heart of Democracy: A Gathering of Spirits for the Common Good and What We Need is Here: Hope Hard Times and Human Possibility. Three of Newcomer’s songs are included in Palmer’s newest book. Other special collaborations include productions with neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor, author, Rabbi Sandy Sasso, environmental author Scott Russell Sander. 2016 Carrie presented the Commencement address and was awarded an honorary degree in Music for Social Change from Goshen College. Carrie tours internationally performing and presenting workshops and retreats. Carrie lives in the woods of southern Indiana with her husband and two shaggy dogs.
