We're sorry to say the huge winter storm that's coming to the upper Midwest has forced us to cancel our two concerts in Wisconsin this weekend. We will NOT be at Hearken House Concerts April 13, or Blackhawk Folk Society on April 14. These dates will be re-scheduled. So sorry for any inconvenience. They're forecasting 1/2 inch of ice on the roads, followed by a foot or more of snow. Stay safe out there!
Curtis & Loretta are an acclaimed folk singer/songwriter duo featuring extraordinary harmonies and an array of stringed instruments
Curtis Teague:
vocals, guitar, mandolin, mandocello, clawhammer banjo, steel ukulele, harmonica
Loretta Simonet:
vocals, folk harp, guitar, mandolin, kazoo, shakers
COMING SOON - TOUR THROUGH UPPER MIDWEST AND THE SOUTH!
April 13 through May 12, 2018, we'll be on the road, in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio,Tennessee,
Florida, Alabama and Missouri. Check out where we'll be here!!
November, 2017 News - WE GOT THE GRANT!
Back in July, 2017, Loretta applied for the Arts Tour Minnesota Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. We just found out we were awarded the grant!!
Curtis & Loretta will do concerts at 22 locations across greater Minnesota, singing original songs of unsung Minnesota heroes from our CD, "When There's Good to Be Done." Thank you to the Arts Board, and the voters of the State of Minnesota, who voted to create the Legacy Fund for projects such as this, back in 2008.
Sunday, Oct 29, 2017 - We're doing a benefit concert for the Zephyr Theatre in Stillwater, Minnesota at 2 pm. This committed group of folks is raising money to buy the Zephyr Train Depot in Stillwater, and transform it into a 330 seat professional theatre. Come help them to reach their goal! $20 at the door. More info at http://www.stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org.
A big thank you to the Stillwater Gazette for helping us get the word out!!
We had a great time playing at "Hotdish For Homelessness," a fundraiser for Family Promise, September 21, 2017, in Ramsey, MN. We played before the show, which featured Garrison Keillor!
ACOUSTIC GUITAR PROJECT
We did it! We're part of "Acoustic Guitar Project," going on across the U.S.
Here's info from their website, about how it works!
- Each participating city has its own guitar. Every season, we choose five new local musicians to write an original song on their city's guitar. Each musician has one week to write their original song and record it live. Musicians can only use the guitar and handheld recorder we provide. No editing is allowed.
Loretta wrote a song titled "Smiles Said it All," and we recorded it in our living room.
You can take a listen, and hear the story behind it here.
Newest CD, "When There's Good to Be Done"
(Nov, 2015)
This CD features 12 original songs Loretta wrote about real people who overcame great challenges in their lives. It's the culmination of a year long project through an Artist Initiative grant that Loretta was awarded, from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Click here to find out how to get one, what's on it, and to listen to sound samples!
Loretta wrote each of the 12 songs on "When There's Good to Be Done" about real-life people who have gone through great challenges in their lives and come out stronger for the journey. She interviewed each person, crafted their story into a song, and then got back together with with them to polish the edges. These are ordinary people with extraordinary qualities. There's a woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she'd never met, a WWII POW who survived the German Death March, a woman who grew up in a small primitive village in Somalia and is now a nurse at Mayo Clinic, one of the worst injured of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and many more!
