Sunday June 18, 2023

Come enjoy a concert with Peter Siegel, Amanda Witman, and friends to benefit RiverJam Romp. Peter Siegel is an award winning musician, educator, and founding member of the genre-bending band, The Gaslight Tinkers. Influenced by the songwriting of Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs, dixieland, old time fiddle tunes and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Peter grew up singing on the Hudson River Clearwater. He moved to the Pioneer Valley as a young adult, where he became a longtime member of the Greenfield Dance Band and recognizable figure in the New England contradance scene. Peter lives in Brattleboro and is a public school teacher in Keene. Amanda Witman is a passionate carrier of songs from old and evolving musical traditions that connect people across a room and across time. For years, Amanda has been a force in the development of Brattleboro’s strong local tradition of participatory sings and sessions, including the Brattleboro Pub Sing, which she co-founded with English folk legend Tony Barrand in 2011. Amanda also performs with Southern Vermont a cappella quartet, Big Woods Voices, and can be found most Sunday mornings singing at Fire Arts Cafe with Peter Siegel and Shawn Magee.